Choo Kyung-ho aims at Lee Jae-myung, "Effective return of election expenses"

2024.11.19. AM 10:15
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Floor leader Choo Kyung-ho of the People's Power said he will fundamentally improve the behavior of election offenders not returning taxpayers' money, targeting Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, who was sentenced to deprivation of the right to vote in the first trial of violation of the Public Official Election Act.Floor leader

Chu told a floor meeting that supplementary legislation is needed to get back the misused taxes and that legal instruments will be put in place for the effective return of deposits and campaign subsidies.

He then pointed out that if the invalidity of the election was confirmed, the amount preserved for the election expenses was returned, but 80 election offenders have not been returned since the 17th general election and 20.6 billion won in amount.

In addition, the ruling and opposition parties each proposed the same bill in the 21st National Assembly, calling for the role of the majority Democratic Party to be a minimum measure to properly use the people's blood money and to be polite to the people.




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