Jang Jewon: "Ruling Party Pushing to Remove Opposition Veto on CIO... Time to Abandon the National Assembly Is Approaching"

[Asia Economy, reporter Lee Jieun] Jang Je-won, a lawmaker from the People Power Party, suggested the need for protests outside the National Assembly in response to the ruling party's push to enforce the establishment of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), saying, "It seems the time is approaching when we will have to abandon the National Assembly."

On November 20, Jang wrote on Facebook, "The Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party have begun steps to push through an amendment to the CIO Act that would explicitly remove the opposition party’s legal right to veto, which is stipulated in the law. This is the height of irrational and barbaric fascist politics."

He continued, "Is it reasonable to change a law that they themselves created behind closed doors and pushed through via the fast-track process, simply because it no longer suits their interests, without ever having implemented it even once? Why do we need the National Assembly, and why should politics exist at all?"

Jang emphasized, "To trample on even the legally guaranteed right to oppose by rewriting the law through the power of the majority is an act of violating democracy," adding, "It seems the time is approaching when we will have to abandon the National Assembly."

He further stated, "The time for a full-scale struggle to save a country that has become lawless is approaching," and urged, "If the amendment to the CIO Act is railroaded through by the Democratic Party’s tyranny, I call on the party leadership to make a resolute decision."

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