Joo Ho-young: "The ruling party's all-member vote means going back on words... What is President Moon's position?"

"Do Not Only Say What You Want or What Is Advantageous"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 3rd, Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea's decision to field candidates in the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections next April after amending the party constitution through a vote by all party members, saying, "The term 'vote by all party members' means gathering the will of all party members, but the Democratic Party's vote by all party members seems to reverse the meaning and should be reconsidered in advance."

At the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Joo said, "President Moon Jae-in and the Democratic Party promised, but if circumstances change, they can just hold a vote by all party members to change it, which seems very convenient and good," adding, "Even when asked about the party constitution amendment proposal that was made with the position of party leader at stake, there has been no response."

Floor Leader Joo pointed out, "The Democratic Party had a voter turnout of only 26.35%, failing to meet the voting requirements. Although this should be discarded, they simply changed it to say it was done just to gauge public opinion," and criticized, "The foundation of democracy is the rule of law, but they treat the law lightly as if it were a trivial object depending on the situation. If the turnout had exceeded 33%, they probably would have said it was effective. Did they not know what the result of a rigged vote by all party members would be and just tried to gauge public opinion?"

Floor Leader Joo also said, "The president, who said that tens of billions of won would be spent on a county chief re-election, has no answer when asked how much budget will be spent on the Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections, and also has no response when asked who made Article 96, Paragraph 2 of the Democratic Party's constitution," and sharpened his remarks by saying, "It is the duty to the people to answer all questions, not only the ones you want to say or that are favorable, but also those that are unfavorable or difficult."

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