Overview
- Party leaders finalized Han Dong-hoon’s expulsion over his family’s derogatory posts about former president Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife on the PPP website.
- The sanction revokes Han’s membership and bars rejoining for five years, effectively preventing him from running as a PPP candidate in upcoming races.
- Han denounced the decision as manipulation and political retaliation, apologized for the posting controversy, and vowed to return to politics.
- Sixteen Han-aligned lawmakers demanded party leader Jang Dong-hyeok resign, while Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon also urged a leadership change.
- The Reform Party’s Lee Jun-seok ruled out an election alliance with the PPP and suggested Han run as an independent, following a vote held as Jang returned from an eight-day hunger strike.