Bareunmiraedang on Prosecution's Fast-Track Indictment: "Justice Prevails"

"Public Retribution for the National Assembly's Loss of Authority"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 2nd, the Bareunmirae Party stated that the prosecution's indictment of a total of 37 people, including 28 ruling and opposition lawmakers and 8 aides and party officials, in connection with the National Assembly Fast Track (rapid processing agenda) clash incident is "a very tragic and regrettable matter, but justice has been served."

Kang Shin-up, spokesperson for the Bareunmirae Party, said in a statement on the day, "This investigation and indictment by the prosecution is essentially the people's punishment for the National Assembly ignoring the public and degrading its own authority."

Spokesperson Kang said, "Since the National Assembly is a deliberative decision-making body, under no circumstances should the progress and decisions of its proceedings be made other than through discussion and voting," adding, "The moment physical force is involved, the function of the National Assembly already ceases."

Spokesperson Kang also said, "The right to resist is not a right of lawmakers. It is only the people's right against illegal exercise of state power," and emphasized, "Anyone who constitutes the National Assembly must have a firm understanding of democracy."

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