Minjoo's "acceptance of the special prosecutor is public sentiment"... "Bill handling and public opinion battle" strengthened.

[Anchor]
The Democratic Party of Korea pressed ahead of President Yoon Suk Yeol's public statement that there is no way to appease the public sentiment that has turned around without accepting the special prosecution.

On the 14th, we are taking steps to pass the Special Prosecutor Kim Gun-hee Act, and at the same time, we are strengthening public opinion by releasing an additional recording of Myung Tae-kyun.

I'm reporter Na Hye-in.

[Reporter]
The Democratic Party of Korea warned that President Yoon will add fuel to the burning public sentiment if he continues with his spouse's poor excuse this time.

The minimum condition for self-reflection and reform is to undergo an independent counsel for Kim, signaling a sit-in at the National Assembly every evening until the independent counsel law crosses the threshold of the plenary session on the 14th.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: We hope that Kim Gun-hee will realize as soon as possible that any measures that are not taken are far from sufficient to appease the public's anger.]

We also released an additional recording of Myung Tae-kyun.


is showing off that during the last presidential election, Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the People's Power, asked to join the election camp through a personnel appointment from President Yoon's side.

It is interpreted as an intention to refute lawmaker Yoon's claim that Myung had nothing to do with the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun.

[Myeong Tae Gyun / Around August 15, 2021] I made Yoon Sang-hyun's best friend, Ha Young-deuk, to call me Maitreya....]

The National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on bill review voted for the third Special Prosecutor's Act on Kim, which covered 13 cases, including suspicions of meddling in nominations, despite strong opposition from the ruling party,

[Yoo Sang-beom / ruling party secretary of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee, People's Power: It is full of suspicious reports in the media, basic facts that have not been confirmed at all.]

[Seo Young-kyo / Democratic Party of Korea: With the president's voice coming out, we had no choice but to add this part to the Kim Gun-hee Special Counsel Act]

On the 9th, in addition to the national signature movement of 10 million people, it has decided to hold another rally to denounce the regime in solidarity with civil society groups.

Opposition parties have also formed a group of lawmakers to push for impeachment of the president or constitutional amendment to shorten his term, but the Democratic Party's leadership is distancing itself, saying that the special prosecution should be carried out first.

However, some predict that the future direction of response may vary depending on the contents of President Yoon's public statement.

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN.


Filmmaker: Lee Sang-chang
Video editing: Im Jong-moon
Design: Lee Na-eun