The finalization of the Lee Sang-min impeachment bill in the General Assembly today
Discontent within the party in large-scale battles off the field
On the 1st, the Democratic Party of Korea held the first public meeting of the ‘Task Force (TF) to investigate Mrs Kun-hee Kim’s stock price manipulation’ and began promoting a special prosecutor (special prosecutor) for Mrs Kun-hee Kim, the wife of President Seok – Yeol Yoon. At the general meeting of lawmakers on the 2nd, they plan to decide whether to propose an impeachment motion against Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min. Against the prosecution’s investigation of Lee Jae-myung, he will fight with the cards of ‘Special Prosecutor Kim Gun-hee’ and ‘Impeachment of Lee Sang-min’.
Park Hong-geun, the leader of the floor, attended a task force meeting held at the National Assembly that day and said, “If President Yoon acted as a prosecutor in the special department, a special prosecutor for Mrs. Kim and her daughter is the answer.” Won-nae Park met with reporters after the meeting and said, “During the trial of the Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation case, a number of problems related to Choi Eun-soon (Mrs. Kim’s mother) were also confirmed.” .
At the party meeting held earlier that day, floor leader Park said, “Tomorrow (2nd), in accordance with the duties set by the Constitution and the National Assembly Act, the party will gather consensus on the plan to censure Minister Lee, including the prosecution of impeachment.”
The Party’s Anti-Dictatorship Prosecution Committee also started a one-man demonstration calling for special prosecutor Kim Kun-hee. Representative Park Chan-dae said, “I want to return the words of Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, who said, ‘If you hold the government, you can crush crime’. Are you taking on the government and crushing the cause of first lady Kim?”
About 40 members of the party, including the ‘Eui-Hui’, a group of first-time lawmakers in the party, sat in throughout the night in the Rotender Hall of the National Assembly that day to call for the get rid of special prosecutor Kim and Minister Lee.
However, discontent within the party appears to be growing over the leadership’s decision to embark on a large-scale ‘external battle’ near Seoul City Hall on the 4th. Representative Park Yong-jin said on KBS radio on the 1st, referring to the Liberty Korea Party’s past open-air struggle, “The general election (result) of the Liberty Korea Party was a ‘blow’.”
Even within the leadership, it is said that there is a conflict between the opinion that “it should be something once and for all” and the strong argument that “it should go out every week.” On SBS Radio the same day, High Commissioner Ko Min-jung said, “It’s a one-time thing, so there’s no need to over-interpret it.” We have to fight inside the park. “
Reporter Heo Dong-joon hungry@donga.com
