Kim Seung-gyeom, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Kim Byung-joo, secretary of the Democratic Party of Korea. [국회사진기자단]
-During the plenary session of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, there was a fierce battle between the ruling and opposition parties over whether to adopt a witness for former president Moon Jae-in.
Representative Kim Byung-joo, secretary of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized: “I was surprised to see former President Moon being included in the number of people required by popular power lawmakers to participate, and I express much concern and embarrassment.”
Representative Kim Young-bae also stressed that “I think there is a golden road” and “the direct attitude of using it as a forum for political disputes even before the state audit begins.”
Then, the representative Shin Won-sik, secretary of the People’s Power, said: “Now, the public interest in the case of the attack on a public official in the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the case of the forced repatriation of Korea. North fishermen in North Korea, and the controversy over security guard documents, etc. Things are not going forward, ”he explained.
“I don’t think there is a sanctuary to ask people’s suspicions whether they are a former president or an incumbent president,” he said.
Rep Shin also dismissed the charge that there was an order to adopt former President Moon as a witness, saying, “It was my pure opinion.”
As the war of words continued, People’s Power President Lee Hun-seung mediated, saying, “It is not appropriate to discuss further here.”
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