Joo Ho-young "Returning to the National Assembly Tomorrow... Indicates Strong Struggle over Yoon Mi-hyang and North Korea Diplomacy Parliamentary Investigation"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, is ending his 'seclusion due to surveillance' and returning to the National Assembly after 10 days. Floor leader Joo indicated a stronger floor struggle, stating he would engage in a state audit on 'Yoon Mi-hyang and inter-Korean diplomacy.'

On the 24th, Floor leader Joo issued a statement saying, "I plan to return to the National Assembly tomorrow."

Having taken responsibility for the ruling party's unilateral formation of standing committee chairmanships and tendered his resignation, he announced that he would first immediately hold a party meeting to ask for a vote of confidence. Since most lawmakers requested his return as floor leader during his seclusion, it is expected that he will be easily reaffirmed.

Regarding the negotiation process for the organization of the National Assembly with the ruling party, he revealed limitations, saying, "It was called a negotiation, but it was nothing more than the tyranny and coercion of the ruling party with a huge majority," and "With the ruling party pushing roughly by numbers, the opposition with 103 seats had no way to stop it."

He explained the reason for his seclusion, stating, "The responsibility for not being able to block it, the helplessness of being a minority opposition party with no proper means to stop the National Assembly being unilaterally driven for four years, and the urgency to inform the people that the separation of powers, rule of law, and democracy are being destroyed led me to resign as floor leader and spend time in reflection and determination."

Floor leader Joo explained that his decision to return to the National Assembly came after a meeting with Emergency Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in on the 20th. Regarding the additional five days it took before his return, he said, "The contemplation on how to resist the tyranny of the Moon Jae-in administration took longer," and expressed his fighting spirit, saying, "At Asan Hyeonchungsa, I reaffirmed the belief that the party's survival depends on cold reality recognition, thorough preparation, attacking first and then caring for others, rewarding and punishing accordingly, and a resolve to fight to the death."

He reiterated his intention to launch a stronger struggle against the ruling party after returning to the National Assembly. Floor leader Joo said, "I will fight against the tyranny of the Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling party's outrage," adding, "This is not about fighting to gain a few more standing committee chairmanships."

He once again expressed his willingness to concede all 18 standing committee chairmanships to the ruling party. He warned, "Since the Democratic Party insists on doing whatever they want by numbers, the party's position is to let them do so," and "Now, the ruling party must take full responsibility for the national governance collapse caused by their reckless rush, disregarding the people."

Floor leader Joo also said, "The 3.5 trillion won supplementary budget that the Blue House and the ruling party plan to review and pass within a week is not for urgently overcoming the COVID-19 economic crisis but a patchwork of unnecessary and redundant project budgets gathered from here and there," adding, "I will scrutinize it carefully." He further stated, "I will also push for a state audit on the allegations of misappropriation of donations by Yoon Mi-hyang, the 'cooked peace' over the past three years, and the humiliating inter-Korean diplomacy."

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