Many point out that the 22nd first parliamentary audit, which ended last week, was plastered with controversy over "Kim Gun-hee" from the beginning to the end.
The accompanying order was also buried in political strife, with more than 30 cases issued far exceeding the previous parliamentary record, and critics say that people's livelihoods were more behind the scenes than before.
Reporter Hong Min-ki covered it.
[Reporter]
On the last day of the parliamentary audit, the National Assembly Steering Committee issued an order to accompany First Lady Kim Gun-hee and the presidential secretary, led by the opposition party.
[Park Chan-dae / Chairman of the National Assembly Steering Committee, Democratic Party of Korea (Executive): Out of 27 members present, 18 voted in favor of 9 abstentions.]
In the first parliamentary audit of the 22nd National Assembly, including the steering committee, a total of 35 accompanying orders were issued.
It is the highest record in history, more than double the previous four years of the 21st National Assembly.Officials of the allegations related to Kim, including
Kim, Myung Tae-kyun, a key figure in the alleged intervention of the nomination, and the head of an interior company suspected of illegally expanding the official residence, were the main targets of issuance.
The reason for the excessive number of accompanying orders was directly due to their failure to comply with the request for attendance, but
It is also pointed out that the Democratic Party, which won an absolute majority of seats
, pushed ahead with the adoption of witnesses, leaving aside consultations with the ruling party.
Some analysts say that the situation of the National Assembly, where dialogue and compromise were missing, was revealed, with the ruling party also abstaining or leaving every vote and showing lethargy.It is also criticized that most of the suspicions of
Kim have sucked in the standing committee issue like a black hole.
In particular, the fact that the prosecution cleared Deutsche Motors of any charges over the alleged manipulation of the stock price was under fire at the Judiciary Committee, and
[Lee Kun-tae / Democratic Party of Korea member (last 18th): The transcript of direct stock trading instructions between Mrs. Kim Gun-hee and Daishin Securities employees, this was ignored.]
[Joo Jin-woo / People's Power (last 18th): I'm not trying to find the truth, but I'm already taking the process with the answer of impeaching the prosecutor general]
Suspicions of plagiarism in the thesis
and preferential treatment for the development of Yangpyeong Expressway have also become major issues for the Education Commission and the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Commission, respectively.
The voice recording of President Yoon and Myung Tae-kyun marked the peak of the so-called "Kim Gun-hee National Assembly."
[Lee So-young / Minjoo Party member (executive): If what the president says in this transcript is true, the president is lying to the people....]
[Kang Myung-gu / People's Power (Executive): I think it's a typical Democratic Party-style plan and political maneuvering.]
The ruling and opposition parties are expected to continue a strong confrontation over the Kim controversy for the time being, as the Democratic Party plans to pass the third Kim Special Counsel Act at a plenary session scheduled for next week.
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