Joo Ho-young: "The Corruption Investigation Office is a path to death, not life"... People Power Party's General Assembly Turns into Ruling Party Criticism Rally

Yoo Sang-beom "Will Not Participate in Any Activities of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee"
Jo Su-jin "MB's Speed Tactics Can't Even Compare"
Lim I-ja "Will Fight to the End Against the Destruction of Parliamentary Democracy"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, stated on the 8th regarding the Democratic Party's passage of the amendment to the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office (PCC) Act in the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, “They may think that creating the PCC is a matter of life, but they still do not realize that creating the PCC is a path to death,” and added, “I am confident that the public will never overlook the reckless actions of the Democratic Party and the Moon Jae-in administration.”

At the members' meeting held at the National Assembly that afternoon, Floor Leader Joo said, “The public knows very well why they are doing this,” and “As their approval ratings fall and they face a total collapse, they become anxious and try to build breakwaters and safety nets, but their approval ratings will only drop further.”

Floor Leader Joo also said, “We stand proudly, while they commit shameful acts that prevent them from even raising their heads or responding,” and “Let us unite with a sense of mission to protect the Republic of Korea and its history, and do our best until the end.”

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Yoo Sang-beom, a member of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee from the People Power Party, said, “The Democratic Party does not care about the legitimacy of procedures if they have a purpose. I think they have a completely different perception from us,” and added, “As a protest against the one-sided passage of the PCC Act, we will not participate in any activities of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.” Jo Soo-jin, a People Power Party lawmaker, said, “The bill subcommittee is supposed to be open according to the National Assembly Act. However, they held it privately without even consulting us. If they were confident, why couldn't they make it public? They must have been guilty, ashamed, and embarrassed, so they held it privately,” and sharply criticized, “During the Lee Myung-bak administration, this wouldn't even be considered a speed race.”

Seong Il-jong, the secretary of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee from the People Power Party, criticized the Special Act on the Investigation of Social Disasters and the Construction of a Safe Society, saying, “This involves using the people's taxes, but they have not provided logical grounds for how much more manpower and time will be needed,” and added, “Since the Justice Party raises many issues and demands, the Democratic Party is following the floor leadership and holding meetings.” He continued, “We have not even gotten to the Fair Trade Act and the Financial Group Supervision Act yet,” and said, “When the meetings resume, we will point out the unfairness of the remaining two bills to the public.”

Im Yi-ja, the secretary of the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee from the People Power Party, regarding the amendments to the Labor Union Act and the Labor Standards Act, said, “To resist the atrocious tyranny of the Democratic Party, we have applied for agenda adjustment on the bills. Together with three Democratic Party lawmakers and Kang Eun-mi from the Justice Party, a total of four members can process all the agendas,” and stated, “We will fight together to the end against this tyranny and the destruction of parliamentary democracy.”

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