On the 12th, Rep. Park Seong-joon, who served as spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea and senior vice leader for floor operations, declared his candidacy for Supreme Council member, saying, “We must be reborn as a competent and fruitful ruling party with a new leadership change.” This is the sixth pro-Myung faction supreme council member candidate to announce his candidacy, following pro-Myung (pro-Lee Jae-Myung) faction members Kim Young-ho, Park Seon-won, Seo Mi-hwa, Rep. Kun-tae Lee, and Kim Yong, former vice president of the Institute for Democracy. In the near future, pro-Blue Party lawmakers will also vote to run for office, and the battle between factions over the five elected top member positions is expected to intensify. Rep. Park held a press conference for his candidacy at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on this day and said, “The Democratic Party must become a ruling party worthy of the ruling party,” and added, “We must be reborn as a ruling party that leads the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration as a ‘one team’ of the party and government, and win overwhelmingly in the 2028 general elections.” He continued, "What the ruling party needs is not a fighter. The current Democratic Party does not want an attacker who only talks about words," and added, "If you look at the current top-level system, there is no clear indication of what the party should do, the direction it should go, and what work it should do."