United Future Party to Push for State Audit on 'Yoon Mee-hyang Allegations'

Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, who returned to his duties, is having a conversation over tea with Lee Jong-bae, chairman of the Policy Committee, and Kim Sung-won, senior deputy floor leader, in the floor leader's office at the National Assembly on the 14th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The United Future Party has decided to push for a government investigation into multiple allegations against Yoon Mi-hyang, the elected member of the Democratic Party of Korea, including accounting fraud and embezzlement of public funds related to the Justice and Memory Foundation.

On the 19th, Kim Seong-won, the United Future Party's senior deputy floor leader, told reporters, "This is an issue that has caused great public outrage," expressing the party's intention to proceed.

The United Future Party is expected to bring the government investigation on Yoon Mi-hyang to the table alongside negotiations over standing committee arrangements. The National Assembly can request a government investigation with the consent of at least one-quarter of its members. However, it must go through bipartisan agreement and a plenary session vote to be executed. Since the United Future Party does not hold a majority of seats, a government investigation is practically impossible without the Democratic Party's consent.

The Future Korea Party, the United Future Party's proportional satellite party, has also joined the effort to verify allegations against Yoon. On the same day, Won Yu-cheol, leader of the Future Korea Party, said at the Supreme Council meeting, "The Future Korea Party has formed a 'Yoon Mi-hyang-Justice and Memory Foundation Allegations Fact-Finding Task Force (TF)' centered on elected members Yoon Joo-kyung, Cho Tae-yong, and Jeon Ju-hye," adding, "We are also considering forming a joint TF with the United Future Party."

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