Choi Hyung-doo: "The Corruption Investigation Office aims to bring the Yoon Seok-yeol prosecution's power corruption investigation"

“Speaker of the National Assembly refuses even to accept resignation letter... Abuse of ultra-constitutional power”

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Choi Hyung-doo, floor spokesperson of the Future United Party, stated on the 30th regarding the recommendation of the Public Corruption Investigation Office (PCIO) chief candidate, “The whole country is in crisis due to COVID-19, and we are going through a third supplementary budget process that was not even done during the IMF crisis,” adding, “Is the PCIO really such an urgent issue right now? In fact, it is an extra-constitutional organization itself.”

On the same day, on MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Focus,’ Floor Spokesperson Choi said, “I believe there is no meaning beyond the attempt to transfer the power corruption investigation being conducted by Prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol to the PCIO,” and “At present, we cannot comply with the procedure for forming the PCIO chief candidate recommendation committee.”

Choi also said, “Until yesterday, our party said it would participate in the standing committee as opposition party lawmakers. However, they did not even wait a few hours and immediately forced assignments,” adding, “In such a situation, our party members need to be reassigned to standing committees according to their will and policy capabilities.”

Choi criticized, “The excessive point of the Speaker of the National Assembly and the ruling party is that even resignation letters are not being accepted,” and said, “They are just filling the number with 103 opposition lawmakers and forcing participation or non-participation. Where in the world is there such an extra-constitutional and abusive exercise of power?”

Choi said, “Wasn’t it the 33rd anniversary of the June 29 Declaration? It was the day when democratization, achieved through citizens’ joint struggle, began,” adding, “That day marked the start of parliamentary dictatorship.”

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