On November 3, 2018, members of the Democratic Party’s largest group of lawmakers, Representative Kang Hoon-sik and members of the Democratic Party of Korea hold a press conference demanding an apology from the president for the Itaewon disaster and the removal of those involved. Senior Reporter Minkyu Park
The Democratic Party’s largest assembly of lawmakers, ‘A Better Future’, left for a workshop on the 2nd in Vietnam. Dozens of lawmakers went on a business trip abroad the next day after opening an extraordinary National Assembly in March from the 1st, saying that the public welfare bill is the priority. It was pointed out that the Democratic Party itself dropped the justification for convening an extraordinary National Assembly in March.
According to the political circle, about 20 members of the Better Future left for a three-day, two-night workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam this morning. A better future side announced through a press corps notice, “The better future lawmakers’ workshop was scheduled to discuss the party’s course at the end of last year and preparations for the general election, but it was postponed several times according to various political schedules, and it was held today.” “The detailed schedule is It is private, and it was made with contributions from the members of the assembly, not support for the National Assembly’s expenses.”
A better future is the largest gathering in the Democratic Party, with up to 60 members, including former and incumbent lawmakers outside the hospital. About 40 members of the current legislature are participating. Kang Hoon-shik is the representative.
Despite the explanation of a better future, the gaze toward overseas workshops is not good. In response to the Democratic Party’s demand that urgent public livelihood bills, such as the Grain Management Act, be dealt with, the March extraordinary session of the National Assembly was held from the 1st. Despite the criticism of the people’s strength as a ‘bulletproof’ National Assembly for Democratic Party representative Lee Jae-myung, he pushed ahead with the convening of an extraordinary National Assembly, but criticism came out that he gave an excuse for attack through an overseas workshop.
Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party, met with reporters that day and said, “It’s a schedule that lawmakers set a long time ago, and it’s an annual workshop to diagnose the complicated party situation and discuss how to seek unity in the future, so I said ‘then I’ll know’.”
The power of the people attacked that they had left the country. In a commentary on the day, Yang Geum-hee, chief spokesman for People’s Power, said, “For the first time in constitutional history, I ignored the National Assembly Act and pushed for the 3/1 bulletproof National Assembly, Lee Jae-myeong, and then the National Assembly was abandoned and went abroad as a group that was not official diplomacy.” Spokesperson Yang said, “Looking for a career path for the Democratic Party in Vietnam? Preparing for general elections abroad? Which people will understand? It is pathetic,” he said. In-house spokesperson Kim Mi-ae also said, “The word ‘deception of the people’ is not enough to explain. It is an act of betrayal of the people that promotes distrust in politics and distrust in the National Assembly,” she said.
