People Power Party: "The Democratic Party refuses witnesses like Yoon Mi-hyang and Park Won-soon cases... paralyzing the audit"

Yeo Gawi, a bland audit without witnesses or reference persons

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 20th, members of the People Power Party belonging to the National Assembly's Women and Family Committee criticized, regarding the adoption of witnesses and reference persons for the national audit, “The Democratic Party of Korea is completely refusing to adopt witnesses and reference persons related to the so-called ‘Yoon Mi-hyang case,’ the embezzlement scandal of the Justice Memory Foundation that drove a nail into the hearts of the comfort women grandmothers, and the ‘Park Won-soon and Oh Keo-don cases,’ which revealed the ugly truth of power-based sexual crimes,” adding, “After today, the Women and Family Committee will inevitably conduct a bland audit without witnesses and reference persons.”

They held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office on the same day and said, “The Democratic Party only repeats responses such as ‘Sorry’ and ‘Witnesses involved in matters under prosecution cannot be adopted’ when asked to negotiate the adoption of witnesses and reference persons,” and added, “This not only undermines the national audit but also thoroughly neglects their duties as representatives of the people.”

They stated, “The Democratic Party has no justification to oppose the adoption of witnesses by citing the prosecution’s investigation,” emphasizing, “The People Power Party has no intention to interfere with the investigation or prosecution of the Yoon Mi-hyang, Park Won-soon, and Oh Keo-don cases. We only wish to faithfully fulfill the original role of the National Assembly and the Women and Family Committee.”

They said, “The Democratic Party should no longer call for a National Assembly that only works with words,” and added, “They must not turn a blind eye to the pain of the people by only considering political gains and losses. Due to the Democratic Party’s selective indifference, tears of blood do not stop flowing from the eyes of the comfort women grandmothers and women victims of sexual crimes.”

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