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Opposition chief to step down soon

January 19, 2016
Moon Jae-in (Newsis)

Moon Jae-in (Newsis)

Moon Jae-in, chairman of the main opposition party, said Tuesday that he will step down as soon as the issue of selecting new leaders for the party is resolved, amid factional feuding within it.

“I believe it is necessary for me to step down in order to initiate integration,” he told reporters at the National Assembly.

The main opposition party fell apart after Ahn Cheol-soo, a former co-chairman left the party following disagreements with Moon over party reform. A string of lawmakers followed Ahn.

Moon is trying to recruit new political figures to the Minjoo Party of Korea, formerly the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, in a bid to renew the image of the embattled main opposition in the lead up to the general election scheduled for April.