Suspicion of "intervention in the nomination"..."Apologies for false explanations." "No problem recording."

Audit of the Steering Committee for the Presidential Office...Suspicions of 'nomination intervention' conflict
President "I asked you to do Kim Young-sun" transcript public scandal
Opposition "False Explanation"…Jeong Jinseok said, "Lies are equal".

[Anchor]
While the disclosure of the currency development between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Myung Tae-kyun caused considerable repercussions, the ruling and opposition parties clashed over suspicions of "intervention in the nomination" during the parliamentary audit of the National Assembly Steering Committee today.

The opposition party urged an apology, saying the president's office's explanation that it had distanced itself from Myung was false, but the ruling party responded that it was a unilateral allegation by the Democratic Party.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Son Hyo-jung!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
In the audit of the steering committee, the recordings released yesterday and the suspicion of the president and his wife intervening in the nomination were the biggest issues, right?

[Reporter]
In the National Assembly Steering Committee's parliamentary audit of the presidential office and others, the ruling and opposition parties focused on suspicions of intervening in the nomination of President Yoon.

The recording in question was made on May 9, 2022, a day before the inauguration of the president and the announcement of nominations for by-elections two years ago,
When President Yoon
said to the effect that he asked the Public Official Commission to nominate Kim Young-sun, Myung replied, "I will not forget grace for the rest of my life."

The opposition party accused the president's explanation that he had cut off contact with Myung after the presidential election was false,
Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok
countered that the explanation was not a lie because it relied on memory, and that the suspicion of intervention in the nomination was only a one-sided claim by the Democratic Party.

[Yoon Jong-gun / Democratic Party member: After the primary, we didn't text the president, we didn't talk on the phone, you said. That's a lie, isn't it?]

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: The presidential office's notification is that he has not interacted with or contacted Myung Tae-kyun during the presidential election since the primary.]

[Yoon Jong-gun / Minjoo Party member: So you want to argue that it's not a lie?]]

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: I think it's too much to make it equal just because it's a lie]

The president's office also said that the president cut off contact with Myung when he tried to intervene in the election rules, but he received a phone call the day before he took office, stressing that the recording had no political problems as well as legal problems.

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: The president's office clearly confirms that there is nothing wrong with the recording, politically, legally, and common sense]

The ruling party also said that the recording released by the Democratic Party of Korea was not compiled, and that it was a planned revelation to protect Lee Jae-myung, who is about to be sentenced in the first trial.

[Kang Myung-koo / People's Power: It's not enough to unilaterally call witnesses to the National Assembly to protect Lee Jae-myung's father and shame him and talk nonsense, so it doesn't work anymore, so it seems like he's been revealing things like crazy since yesterday, but the Democratic Party-style political maneuver kills people and this is violence.]

The ruling and opposition parties also shouted over the issue of Kim Gun-hee, who was adopted as a witness for the parliamentary audit, and the attendance of general witnesses in the presidential office.

When a proposal to issue an order to accompany Kim and other non-present witnesses was proposed, the ruling party protested, saying it was a parliamentary riot, but it was decided by the opposition party.

Democratic lawmakers from the steering committee visited the presidential office in Yongsan a little while ago to deliver a letter of order to accompany witnesses who were not present, including Kim.

[Anchor]
After the recording was released yesterday, please tell us the atmosphere within the ruling party in detail.

[Reporter]
First of all, the leadership is reticent and reticent in its official response.

Representative Han Dong-hoon has remained silent, and floor leader Choo Kyung-ho told reporters after the meeting that he would see more of the situation even though he was shaking the opposition's regime.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: There is no legal problem and some of the recordings are short, so we will look at the situation a little more because it is still difficult to say exactly.]

The Democratic Party of Korea has announced additional disclosures, and plans to adjust the level of response when specific facts are confirmed after watching the National Audit of the Steering Committee.

However, the ruling party, which judged that there was no "direct basis" for nomination intervention, apparently became embarrassed when the president's development was disclosed.

First of all, at the time of recording with the pro-Yoon-gye as the center, President Yoon defended himself with the logic that it was not an intervention in the nomination because he was not a public servant, but a signature.

Kwon Young-se, a former unification minister of the Yoon Suk Yeol government, also said in a radio interview that when he asked President Yoon directly, he said he did not have a deep relationship with Myung, adding that he had no legal issues.

However, there are also complaints that it is difficult to defend the president unconditionally in the face of controversy over the "false explanation" in the presidential office.

In a phone call with YTN, Rep. Chin-gye said, "It doesn't make sense to argue that there is nothing wrong with being the president-elect, and criticized that we should at least feel sorry for the people."

Amid the growing unfavorable situation from Yongsan, there are voices saying that the discussion of the special inspector, which CEO Han Dong-hoon proposed as a way to reform, has also been overshadowed.

However, the opinion that the president's office should clearly clarify the suspicion and make a breakthrough, including personnel reform, is gaining convincing power not only from close circles but also from pro-Yoon circles.

[Anchor]
The Democratic Party of Korea, which released the recording of President Yoon, is raising the level of its rental offensive, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party of Korea has put pressure on the president, calling it a political emergency, saying it has been confirmed by the recording that the president actually directed the nomination.

Representative Lee Jae-myung voiced at the Supreme Council today that the government's state administration is composed of random criminal acts, calling it a truly criminal state administration.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader: I've never seen a regime like this where illegality is rampant in the election process, after the election and in the process of state administration.]

Floor leader Park Chan-dae also pointed out that the presidential office's explanation is absurd sophistry, and Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok also argued in a radio interview that it would be meaningless except for the excuse that he talked in his sleep.

As we are seriously aware of the situation, the speed of response is increasing.

An emergency joint meeting involving lawmakers and out-of-house regional chairmen has been urgently convened, and tomorrow, the party will focus its power on the ruling party's offensive by holding an outdoor rally.

In addition to the recordings released yesterday, the Democratic Party said the evidence obtained was considerable, signaling further revelations.

However, the party leadership has not officially mentioned impeachment of the president yet.

Analysts say the intention is to wait until a decisive smoking case comes out, saying that it could lead to the consolidation of the ruling camp after prematurely attempting to propose an impeachment motion.

So far, I'm Son Hyo-jung of YTN in the National Assembly.