Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party, stated at a press conference marking his first anniversary in office at the central headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 26th, "Together with party members and the people, we will build a bridgehead for winning a majority in the 2028 general election and vigorously advance toward reclaiming power." Jang went on to announce plans to strengthen the party's capabilities to stand up to the government and ruling party, and announced plans to promote the 'People Power Party 2.0, Four Major Innovation Projects,' and to ensure a 'member-centered party,' city and provincial party chairpersons and party chapter chairpersons will be elected. and to open the 'Party Member Sovereignty 2.0' era, which includes expanding direct participation from party members and re-electing party chapter chairpersons nationwide through direct elections. The leadership faction is promoting the 'priority self-strengthening theory' to improve the party's structure and clearly become an opposition party through unity centered on responsible party members. Non-party leaders and senior groups suspect that behind the mask of strengthening party members' sovereignty lies the intention of 'plucking out non-mainstream members' and 'partyizing the leadership.' The argument is that the more you are trapped in hardline party sentiment, the further you distance yourself from the metropolitan area and centrist voters, making victory in the general election more distant. Lee Sung-kwon, the party's reformist Alternative and Future secretary, criticized, "Despite the failures of the Lee Jae-myung administration, it failed to establish itself as an alternative party, and after failing in the June 3 local elections, Jang's self-assessment of the past year is far too lenient." I agree with the justification for this," but added, "I cannot relate at all to how Jang, who has failed to achieve a rational shift in the party's course by relying on a hardline supporter base that defies common sense, is trying to build a strong party on his own in the face of increasingly distant public sentiment." Jo Eun-hee, a lawmaker from the reformist Alternative and Future faction within the party, also pointed out, "Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, who suffered a crushing defeat in the June 3 local elections, resigned to take responsibility for the election results," and ,,, "However, the eldest conservative leader, Jang, who suffered a crushing defeat, instead of resigning, presented an innovative plan called 'Party Member Sovereignty 2.0,' which is insufficient in content, imitating Jeong Cheong-rae's 'party member omnipotence.'"
He continued, "We must become a strong party that can properly check the unilateral dominance of the Lee Jae-myung administration."
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