Joo Ho-young on the ruling party's 'forced filibuster termination'... "Silencing the opposition by force"

"Park Byeong-seok Speaker Will Be Recorded Badly in History"
"K-Quarantine Spent 120 Billion Won on Promotion... Necessary Measures Not Taken"
"Constitutional Court Should Quickly Act to Save Yoon Seok-yeol"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea for forcibly ending the filibuster (legitimate obstruction of parliamentary proceedings through unlimited debate) on the 14th, saying, “The Democratic Party reversed their words and silenced the opposition by force,” and called it “a political behavior lacking integrity and courtesy.”

At the emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Joo said, “No matter how many seats the ruling party holds, they cannot act so recklessly.”

He sharpened his criticism, saying, “Regrettably, even the nonpartisan Speaker of the National Assembly participated in the vote to end the filibuster, barely reaching 180 seats. Speaker Park Byeong-seok cast a vote, and with that one vote, the filibuster was stopped. Is this the Speaker who should lead the National Assembly neutrally and guarantee the opposition’s right to speak? This will remain a bad record in history for a long time.”

Regarding COVID-19, Floor Leader Joo stated, “It has been revealed that over 120 billion won was spent boasting and promoting the nonexistent K-quarantine, while the necessary measures to end COVID-19 were not properly taken.”

He pointed out, “What is needed to end COVID-19 are vaccines, hospital beds, and medical staff. Although they said vaccines were well prepared, other countries have already started vaccinations, but here it is scheduled for February to March next year. Even then, it would be fortunate. Based on the lessons from the outbreak in Daegu, the need to secure hospital beds was emphasized, but not only has this not been prepared at all, but even consolation payments for medical staff who volunteered in Daegu have not yet been paid.”

Floor Leader Joo also said, “More than 2,000 interns who should have been deployed for COVID-19 quarantine cannot be utilized because they did not retake the national medical licensing exam,” and added, “I hope the national exam will be held promptly so that medical personnel can be deployed to the field.”

Regarding the disciplinary action against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, Floor Leader Joo said, “I believe the Constitutional Court is at a crossroads whether to uphold its status as the last bastion of the Constitution or to fall,” and demanded, “I urge the court to promptly declare the disciplinary regulations against Prosecutor General Yoon unconstitutional and provide relief.”

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