Joo Ho-young: "Will Further Gather Opinions on Submitting Motion to Dismiss Chu Mi-ae"

"Speaker of the National Assembly Appears Coercive... Must Cancel First and Apologize"

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Reporter Lim Chun-han of Asia Economy] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, stated on the 1st that he would "gather more opinions" regarding the submission of a motion to dismiss Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae.

After a meeting of the United Future Party's legal advisory committee held at the National Assembly in the afternoon, Floor Leader Joo held a press conference and said, "There was an opinion that we should review and submit the dismissal motion today," adding, "We have not reached a conclusion yet."

Regarding the recommendation committee for the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), Floor Leader Joo said, "While the necessary legal deficiencies are being addressed, a constitutional review petition has been filed against the CIO Act, so we will make a comprehensive judgment and proceed with the procedure accordingly."

He criticized the forced assignment of standing committees by the Speaker of the National Assembly, saying, "This is the first time that lawmakers belonging to negotiation groups have been forcibly assigned," and added, "They carried out this outrage without even asking the concerned lawmakers which standing committee they would like to join."

He continued, "Opening the session unilaterally under pressure from the Democratic Party, and despite our breakdown of the opening negotiations, requesting the list of standing committee members is tantamount to asking for a surrender document," adding, "After the optimal standing committee assignments are completed, if necessary, we will submit appointment requests, but the Speaker's coercive appointments must first be canceled and an apology issued."

Regarding the review of the supplementary budget (Chugyeong), Floor Leader Joo said, "We are willing to conduct thorough deliberations and would participate if that is the case. Even though we were slapped in the face, we said we would properly review it for the people, but the ruling party refused," adding, "We cannot accept this ceremonial process of passing over 35 trillion won in four days, which amounts to 10 trillion won per day."

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