“Disciplinary Action Against Korean Supreme Commissioners Kim Jae-won and Tae Young-ho: Controversy Must be Resolved Before May 18th”

The People’s Power Ethics Committee will hold a meeting tomorrow (8th) in the afternoon and decide the level of disciplinary action against Supreme Commissioners Kim Jae-won and Tae Young-ho, who caused controversy with a series of stories.

Following the 4th, the power of the people canceled the meeting of the Supreme Council tomorrow, and there is also a prospect of heavy disciplinary action against the two highest members.

Reporter Lee Man-soo reports.

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The People’s Power Ethics Committee discusses disciplinary actions against top members Kim Jae-won and Tae Young-ho.

Supreme Commissioner Kim Jae-won was subject to disciplinary action for remarks such as the presidential pledge to put the spirit of May 18 in the preamble to the constitution to gain votes, and that Pastor Kwang-hoon Jeon unified the right wing of the world.

Supreme Commissioner Tae Young-ho was subject to review by the Ethics Committee, including his remarks that the 4 3 Incident was triggered by Kim Il-sung’s instructions, as well as the suspicion of leaking the nominations.

People’s Power Internally, the prevailing opinion is that the controversy should be settled before the 5/18 Democratization Movement ceremony, which is attended by a large number of party leaders and lawmakers.

[전주혜 / 국민의힘 윤리위 부위원장 : 소명을 들어보고 조금 더, 한 번 더 논의할 가능성도 배제할 수는 없습니다. 그럼에도 불구하고 내일(8일) 결정될 가능성이 크다….]

Attention is the level of discipline.

If the two lawmakers receive a severe punishment of more than one year of suspension of party membership, it will be difficult to virtually receive nominations in the general election next year.

If the two highest committee members oppose the results of the Ethics Committee, internal conflict within the party may arise.

For this reason, the leadership of the People’s Power seems to keep a distance, saying that the Ethics Committee is an organization that makes independent judgments, but after the last 4 days, the Supreme Council was canceled again.

It is said that this decision was made to dispel misunderstandings or concerns ahead of the Ethics Committee.

It is interpreted as trying to block the two top members from being exposed to the public, but this is the part where the leadership’s struggle is read.

Democrats are on the brink.

[강선우 / 더불어민주당 대변인 : 국민의힘 지도부는 윤리위 징계에 앞서 태영호 의원을 둘러싼 모든 의혹에 대해서 수사 의뢰부터 하기 바랍니다.]

Both Kim Jae-won and Tae Young-ho, who are continuing public opinion battles every day, are in a position to explain in detail at the Ethics Committee that there is no voluntary resignation.

Depending on the disciplinary results, the aftermath in any form seems inevitable.

This is Mansu Lee from YTN.

Cinematographer: Lee Sang-eun
Video editing: Jeong Chi-yoon

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