The ruling People Power Party(PPP) will complete the formation of a new emergency steering committee before the Chuseok holiday in mid-September.
The decision was unanimously reached on Monday by the current interim leadership committee, which also decided to elevate party floor leader Kweon Seong-dong to the role of acting interim chief until the new panel is launched.
This comes after a Seoul court effectively accepted an injunction by former party leader Lee Jun-seok seeking a suspension of the emergency committee responsible for his ouster.
The court suspended interim chief Joo Ho-young from his duties until a ruling is made on the committee’s fate.
The interim leadership plans to convene a meeting of the party’s Assembly members as early as Tuesday to discuss revising party regulations on what constitutes an “emergency situation” and how to manage an emergency committee.
Source: KBS World Radio