Joo Ho-young: "Yoon's State Audit Actively Accepted... Let's Include Chu Mi-ae Together"

Kim Jong-in Also Voices "Comprehensive State Audit Must Proceed"

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[Asia Economy reporters Lee Ji-eun and Lim Chun-han] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, stated that he would "actively accept" the suggestion by Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, for a parliamentary audit on Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, and emphasized that Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae should also undergo a parliamentary audit.

At the emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 26th, Floor Leader Joo said, "The parliamentary audit on Minister Choo cannot be avoided. We demand it together."

He pointed out, "Yesterday, the Democratic Party opposed Prosecutor General Yoon's attendance at the full meeting of the Judiciary Committee, calling it an 'act of contempt against the National Assembly,' but such actions by the Democratic Party are actually contempt against the National Assembly, the constitution, and the rule of law. How is voluntarily appearing to clarify the truth before the National Assembly, the representative institution of the people, an act of contempt against the National Assembly?"

Floor Leader Joo criticized, "The public must have seen how unseemly and unconfident the Democratic Party was, just by their hasty adjournment declaration to prevent the meeting from proceeding. I hope the Democratic Party leadership reflects on how their actions and the current administration will be recorded in constitutional history and how their deeds will be remembered in history."

Kim Jong-in, chairman of the emergency committee, also said, "There are many criticisms that the unprecedented reason for suspending the Prosecutor General's duties is too flimsy, and traces of not properly verifying even basic facts are evident everywhere. A comprehensive parliamentary audit should be conducted not only on the reasons for suspending the Prosecutor General's duties but also on whether the Minister of Justice's investigative command authority and the abuse and excessive exercise of prosecutorial personnel authority are problematic."

He criticized, "Under the pretext of prosecutorial reform, acts that destroy prosecutorial order are being carried out. Over the past 30 years, as democracy in our country has developed, the judicial order has also proceeded through normal processes, but under this government, the judicial order appears to be in great turmoil. I urge the government and ruling party to be mindful not to leave another blot in Korean history."

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