Park Ji-hyeon, former chairman of the Democratic Party’s emergency countermeasures committee, announced on the 20th that it is the day to keep the Democratic Party’s promise of disciplinary action, when the party’s ethics judge, Choi Kang-wook, will start discussing disciplinary action.
The Ethics Tribunal of the Democratic Party of Korea (President Hyuk Park) will open at 4 pm on the same day, spokesperson Oh Seop Cho said through Media Today and SNS messenger. The Ethics Tribunal is expected to discuss the inappropriateness of Choi’s actions and the level of disciplinary action at the meeting.
In a post on Facebook at the dawn of the day, former Chairman Park Ji-hyun said, “Today, I hope the Democratic Party will choose the path of innovation.” One way is the way to go, and the other is the way to fandom. It is a way to protect our comrades and to be abandoned by the people.” Former Chairman Park said, “Today, the Ethics Judge’s decision regarding Rep. Choi Kang-wook will determine which path the Democratic Party will take.”
Former Chairman Park said, “The Democratic Party has promised to take appropriate disciplinary action against Rep. Choi Kang-wook’s sexual harassment remarks, attempts to cover up fellow lawmakers, and even the second offense ahead of the local election,” said former chairman Park Ji-hyeon. ” he said. However, he emphasized that “the day to keep that promise is today,” explaining that Rep. Choi Kang-wook delayed his attendance at the Ethics Tribunal and the disciplinary treatment was delayed, and that he promised the people that he would take disciplinary action at the Ethics Tribunal after the election as the party did not accept the request for emergency disciplinary action. did.
Former Chairman Park said, “The Democratic Party’s innovation must start with the ‘Democratic Party that keeps its promises’. And I will not believe the promise of renewal.” Regarding Rep. Choi, he said, “The party was put into crisis with lies, concealment and secondary persecution. , contributed to the disastrous defeat of the election,” he said. He urged, “I hope that they will impose heavy penalties on Rep. Choi and prove that they are on the path of innovation.”
The reason Rep. Choi Kang-wook came to the discussion of disciplinary action is because he made inappropriate remarks reminiscent of sexual behavior toward a member of the party at a non-face-to-face meeting held in April to prepare for a personnel hearing at the National Assembly with the Minister of Justice. It seems that the Democratic Ethics Judge will decide what kind of remarks were actually made through discussion.
Rep. Choi Kang-wook posted on his Facebook page on the 4th of last month, “It was not my intention, but I sincerely apologize for causing a misunderstanding.”
In this regard, the Sisa Journal published an online article on the 27th of last month.[단독] A Democratic Party official, who requested anonymity in the “Sexual Report of Choi Kang-wook, the Democratic Party’s Internal Investigation Report, only 23 pages,” said, “The report on the results of various cases involving Rep. Choi is 23 pages in length, including facts and evidence.” “We will decide whether to disclose the results according to the party’s report,” he said.
Regarding this, the Democratic Party Advisory Council (Chairman Lee Dong-yoon) answered in a conversation with Media Today and SNS messenger on the 20th, “It is true that the Minbohyup result report is 23 pages long, but it is difficult to confirm the others.”
According to the rules of the Ethics Tribunal of the Democratic Party, the decisions of the Ethics Tribunal of the Central Party of the Democratic Party are disciplinary measures, dismissal, dismissal, citation for retrial, dismissal of retrial, etc. . According to the regulations of the Ethics Tribunal, a party to disciplinary action may apply for a retrial to the Ethics Tribunal within 7 days from the date of receiving the decision, and the Ethics Tribunal must review and decide within 60 days from the date of receipt of the retrial.
