Regarding the so-called ‘Myeong Tae-gyun transcript’ incident, Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, convened the party’s National Assembly members and regional committee chairs outside the National Assembly, held an ’emergency joint meeting’, and declared a “political emergency.” At the joint meeting, there was discussion about the impeachment and shortening of President Yoon Seok-yeol‘s term. On the other hand, fourth-term senior Democratic Party members who met with Representative Lee requested a cautious approach, such as ordering a ‘moderate response’ to the party’s mention of ‘impeachment’.
Representative Lee said at an emergency joint meeting of the party’s national regional committee chairs and members of the National Assembly held at the National Assembly on the 1st, “I said it was a political emergency, but it seems that the state affairs of this country have deviated from the normal track by a much greater degree than you might think.”
Regarding the government’s consideration of sending a war situation analysis team to look into the activities of the North Korean military dispatched to Russia, Representative Lee said, “Politics is about solving the problem of making a living, but I think they are planning a war when the economic situation is very bad.” “This keeps coming up,” he said. “It seems that this administration, which our people expected to be the most law-abiding, will become the government that violates the law the most.”
He continued, “The lifeblood of the law is fairness, and not only has that fairness been completely damaged, but I also think it is excessive when I see the attitude of ‘what can I do if it is damaged?’” and added, “I think this is going too far by gathering wisdom with the regional chairpersons.” “I will do my best to get there properly,” he said.
At a meeting with reporters after visiting the history museum this afternoon, Representative Lee responded to Presidential Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok’s statement during the National Assembly Steering Committee’s inspection of government affairs that day that “there are no problems politically, legally, or common sense,” adding, “The president-elect intervened in the nomination process.” “That in itself is a problem, the fact that he lied all this time about not having intervened in the nomination process is a problem, and saying ‘there is no problem’ is a bigger problem in itself,” he criticized.
▲Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at an emergency joint meeting of national regional committee chairs and members of the National Assembly held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 1st. ⓒYonhap News
Kim Seong-hoe, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, said in a meeting with reporters after a joint meeting of regional committee chairs inside and outside the National Assembly, “We jointly recognized that this was a very emergency situation,” and that there was discussion about impeaching President Yoon and amending the constitution to shorten his term. He said, “Among the local committee chairs, there was an atmosphere of freely discussing the issue of impeachment or (shortening term of office) and constitutional amendment,” and “Some people expressed the opinion that we are in a state of impeachment, and there were also opinions that it would be good to proceed with term reduction and constitutional amendment in this way.” said.
In addition, it was reported that there was an opinion that the provincial and provincial parties and local committees should conduct a 10 million signature campaign in each base to carry out a parallel struggle against the government both inside and outside the National Assembly and to pass the ‘Kim Kun-hee Special Prosecutor Act’. Spokesperson Kim said, “Regional committee chairs outside the National Assembly have talked a lot about creating a base to conduct a signature campaign to collect signatures from 10 million citizens, and there have been many voices within the National Assembly calling for doing our best to pass the special prosecution bill.”
They also said in a resolution, “The Democratic Party National Regional Committee Chairman and National Assembly members define the current situation as a political emergency.” △ We will respond to the current situation with an extraordinary and severe attitude together with party members △ National action with the people’s desire to judge the regime They announced that they will begin the process, and that they will definitely complete the Kim Kun-hee Special Prosecution Act to uncover the truth about state affairs, and that they will win together with the people against the Yoon Seok-yeol regime.
On the other hand, fourth-term Democratic Party lawmakers emphasized caution, mentioning a “moderate response” to impeachment at a luncheon with Representative Lee Jae-myung.
Cho Seung-rae, the party’s chief spokesperson, met with reporters after Representative Lee’s luncheon and said, “Four-term lawmakers were of the opinion that, ‘It is a fairly extraordinary situation, but the response itself needs to be truly restrained.’ “The opinion was that it would be fortunate if the investigation produced certain results and the problem disappeared, and if there was a problem, a process to move to the next step was necessary,” he explained.
One lawmaker who attended the luncheon said in a phone call with , “There are a lot of calls for impeachment among party members here and there, but impeachment is not something that can just be done; it has to be done step by step.” He added, “The party is seeking to find out the truth of the situation through special prosecutors, etc. “It is important to focus on revealing and achieve results,” he said. He added, “The expression ‘moderation’ does not mean to fight quietly, but to focus on (the special investigation, etc.) and achieve results.”
▲CEO Jae-myung Lee held a luncheon meeting with four-term lawmakers of the party on the 1st. ⓒDemocratic Party of Korea
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