Joo Ho-young: "A Country Where Police Enforce Quarantine... President Moon Afraid of the People?"

"President Moon Builds Fortress with Police at the Forefront, Must Personally Speak Out on Hangul Day"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized on the 5th, saying, "It has become a police quarantine state where the police, not the health authorities, enforce quarantine," and asked, "Did President Moon Jae-in build an impenetrable fortress out of fear of public criticism?"

On the morning of the same day, at an emergency committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Floor Leader Joo said, "A laughable farce occurred where people were stopped and suspected just for holding the Taegeukgi flag on the national holiday, Gaecheonjeol."

He directed his remarks at President Moon, saying, "During the election process, you said you would come out to Gwanghwamun and have candid conversations with citizens, so why are you building an impenetrable fortress by putting the police in front?" He sharpened his criticism, asking, "Are you building a fortress and setting up over 90 checkpoints and mobilizing more than 10,000 police officers out of fear of public criticism of the government, using quarantine as an excuse?"

Floor Leader Joo stated, "Our party did not participate in the rally nor support it, but we firmly oppose infringing on the constitutional rights of the people, which have been recognized by the courts," and urged, "On Hangeul Day, please come out in person, listen to the people, and express your thoughts."

Regarding the controversy over Minister Choo Mi-ae's son's military service privilege, he warned, "No one should interfere in their own trial. We will clearly establish justice even if it requires pushing for a special prosecutor." About the incident of our citizen being shot by North Korea, he said, "The government repeatedly hides or distorts information according to their needs," and added, "Even now, they must properly disclose the facts based on evidence and present measures to prevent recurrence."

On the issue of witness agreement between the ruling and opposition parties related to the upcoming National Assembly audit starting on the 7th, he said, "Since the audit is conducted against government agencies, it is desirable to refrain from summoning civilians as witnesses in principle," but also stated, "It is wrong for the ruling party to refuse witnesses who are essential for the audit."

Along with this, Floor Leader Joo demanded the replacement of Lee Gae-ho, Chairman of the Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, and Do Jong-hwan, Chairman of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, who served as ministers of the respective audited agencies until last year. He said, "It is a comedy that people who were heads of audited agencies are conducting the audit themselves," and added, "It is nothing but self-auditing, causing serious conflicts of interest." He further requested, "Please apply the same standards of conflict of interest that were criticized for our party members to your own chairpersons as well."

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