The Democratic Party of Korea, which is pushing for the Kim Gun-hee independent counsel law, has announced that it will drastically reduce the number of investigations and submit amendments including the so-called "third party recommendation" method.
Ahead of the National Assembly's plenary session on the 14th, it seems that the special prosecutor's passing strategy has changed somewhat.
The ruling party has defined the Democratic Party's move as a disturbance operation in preparation for the first trial of Lee Jae-myung and is focusing its firepower on the large-scale offensive.
I'm connecting you with a reporter from the National Assembly. Reporter Kim Dayeon!
Please take a closer look at the key contents of the amendment of the special prosecutor Kim, which the Democratic Party of Korea unveiled today.
[Reporter]
The existing Kim Special Prosecutor Act includes 13 suspicions as the subject of investigation, but the amendment includes allegations of involvement in the manipulation of Deutsche Motors' stock price,
The key is to drastically reduce the subject of the investigation due to suspicions such as nomination intervention and manipulation of public opinion involving Myung Tae-kyun, who is of great public interest.
He also said he would accept a method in which a "third party," not an opposition party, recommends a special prosecutor, which is also a method proposed by Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People's Power, as an alternative to the Special Prosecutor Act on Chae Sang-byung.
It is interpreted as an intention to pressure the ruling party by pointing out that the subject of the investigation is ambiguous and abstract, and by accepting the method proposed earlier by representative Han.
It seems that the intention is to draw more votes from the ruling party than the last re-voting, so let's listen to the Democratic Party leadership's remarks at the meeting.
[Park Chan-dae / Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea: If Han and the power of the people act at the level of the public and reject public sentiment this time again, they will collapse with Yongsan, Kim Gun-hee and Yoon Seok-yeol. Don't miss your last chance.]
The amendment, which was in the 'review' stage until yesterday, took off in a closed meeting this morning.
In response, Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the People's Power Party, refrained from commenting, saying he had nothing special to say about the Democratic Party's amendment.
However, the ruling party pointed out in an official comment that the Democratic Party's amendment is an arrogant and shallow trick to distract attention from the sentencing of Lee Jae-myung.
They also pointed out that it is a self-contradiction that overturns the existing independent counsel law.
Floor leader Choo Kyung-ho also announced a proposal to exercise the president's right to request reconsideration on the Special Prosecutor Act, and we will listen to the related remarks.
[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: We firmly oppose the anti-constitutional bad independent counsel bill, and we plan to strongly suggest the president's right to request reconsideration immediately if the Democratic Party unilaterally pushes ahead with it.]
[Anchor]
The first trial of Lee Jae-myung's violation of the Public Official Election Act is four days away.
Is there any movement within the ruling party?
[Reporter]
Yes, representative Han Dong-hoon will chair an emergency meeting tomorrow attended by party leaders and members of the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee.
The plan is to repeatedly urge the court to broadcast the first trial's ruling live and discuss future countermeasures.Representative
also highlighted judicial risks at a leadership meeting today, saying, "Seeing the Democratic Party refusing to broadcast live and holding an outdoor rally, he seems to be guilty of the charges."
As such, the ruling party agrees to view the Democratic Party's offensive on Kim as a public opinion battle to turn the public's attention away from Lee's sentence.
However, a temperature difference is still detected over the issue of the special inspector, which will be discussed at the general meeting of lawmakers on the 14th.A key representative of
told YTN that negative public opinion surrounding Mrs. Kim has yet to fall out, stressing the need for a reform measure, namely a special inspector.Representative
has also repeatedly expressed his willingness to push ahead, so let's listen to his remarks.
[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of People's Power: We have more to do. Rather than talking about the procedure (like a vote), I will say that our party will move in the direction of implementing what we promised to the people.]
Negative public opinion remains as well.
In a phone call with YTN, a first-term lawmaker also explained the internal atmosphere that many lawmakers are worried that all kinds of reports that came into the special inspector could be used to attract public opinion.
However, no matter what the conclusion is, there is a consensus that at least a split in the general meeting of lawmakers should be prevented from being divided by a vote for or against, and we will also listen to the related remarks.
[Yoon Sang-hyun / National People's Power Congressman (YTN Radio 'News Fighting Bae Seung-hee'): Voting provides a starting point for opening the door to impeachment. Didn't I take a closer look at it during the past Park Geun Hye administration because it's in that position that division calls for impeachment? That's why we should refrain from voting.
[Anchor]
The ruling and opposition parties launched a consultative body today, but the opposition parties did not participate, right?
[Reporter]
Initially, the goal was to launch a " ruling and opposition parties" consultative body that requires all of the ruling party, the opposition party, the medical community and the government to participate, but it raised the anchor with the opposition party and some medical community absent.
Kim Sung-won, a member of the People's Power who attended as the ruling party's representative, told reporters after the meeting that he would reach meaningful results by the end of next month.
At the closed meeting, the issue of the return of the resignation major was mentioned, but it was found that the increase in medical school in the 25th grade was not discussed.
The ruling party again urged the opposition party to join, saying it believes that the Democratic Party is in good faith as it brought up the consultative body first.
Rep. Park Joo-min, chairman of the Democratic Party's Special Committee on Medical Disruption, said in a statement that he only received an official letter to attend the consultative body, but did not contact him separately,
I adhered to the existing position that discussing the quota of medical schools for the 25th school year should be a prerequisite.
The consultative body plans to hold a small meeting every Wednesday starting this week and a general meeting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, but for the time being, the consultative body is expected to proceed in the form of a "tourism."
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