On the 28th, Lee Jun-seok, representative of People’s Power, said, “It will become a strong boomerang for the Democratic Party of Korea” and said, “I will return as a strong boomerang for the Democratic Party,” he said in regards to the enforcement of the Democratic Party’s ‘examination and complete deprivation of the right to investigate directly’ like a change of government in five years. responsible,” he criticized.
At the Supreme Council held at the National Assembly on the same day, President Lee said, “I am confident that excessive legislation will become a strong boomerang for the Democratic Party this time, just as the people judged it through a regime change in the last presidential election for the first time in five years.”
“President Park Byeong-seok is very responsible for the series of events that took place the day before in relation to the Inspection and Waiver Act,” said President Lee. It is difficult to understand why the president pushed for unreasonable legislation at the end of his term,” he said.
Regarding President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol’s proposal for a ‘national referendum’, President Lee said, “The Democratic Party overcame the opposition of our party and pushed hard against real estate-related legislation, such as the 3rd Lease Act, the Public Service Act, and the adjustment of the police and police investigation authority, causing damage to the lives of the people. He said, “As a result, the transition committee has no choice but to mention a number of alternatives, such as a very strong method of referendum,” he said.
President Lee also ordered the all-out effort of the party leadership and party members to block the bill. He emphasized, “Even if there are some inconveniences in recent events at this time, party members should give trust to the party leadership and the leadership within the floor, and work together to fight the evil laws of the Democratic Party with one voice.”
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party held a plenary meeting the day before and started a movement to enforce amendments to the Prosecutor’s Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act, which are bills that complete the inspection. The power of the people strongly opposed this and countered it with a filibuster (unlimited discussion), but it was neutralized by the Democratic Party’s ‘splitting session’. As 180 seats were not secured for the end of the filibuster, the session was shortened to midnight that day.
Then, on that day, Yoon-elect’s side took out a ‘referral’ card. The plan is to ask the public for or against the adjustment of the prosecution’s investigative powers in the June 1 local elections. President-elect Yoon’s side said, “It also contains the intention of going to the June 1 local elections in the nature of asking the pros and cons of ‘examiner’.”
Han Ji-hye, reporter for Donga.com onewisdom@donga.com
