Jo Su-jin: "Tae Young-ho Fled North Korea Disliking Dictatorship but Witnessed True Dictatorship"

People Power Party lawmaker Tae Young-ho is conducting an unlimited debate on the amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations at the National Assembly plenary session on the morning of the 14th. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] On the 14th, Jo Su-jin, a member of the People Power Party, said, "Tae Yong-ho, who escaped from North Korea because he hated dictatorship, is witnessing 'real dictatorship,'" adding, "I felt a strange feeling while listening to Tae Yong-ho's 'lecture,' who strongly criticized North Korea's people's democracy and emphasized the constitutional values of the Republic of Korea."

On the same day, Jo posted on her Facebook, "Last night, the Democratic Party forcibly ended the filibuster on the amendment to the National Intelligence Service Act, which removes the National Intelligence Service's counterintelligence investigation function, through a vote. The People Power Party immediately started a filibuster on the next bill on the agenda, the Kim Yo-jong command law," she said.

Earlier, on the 13th, right after the filibuster on the amendment to the National Intelligence Service Act was forcibly ended, the amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations was submitted, and Tae Yong-ho, a member of the People Power Party, took the floor as the first speaker. Jo explained, "Tae gave a brilliant lecture lasting 10 hours and 2 minutes with a loud, resonant voice and a rapid-fire pace, then stepped down from the podium."

Jo continued, "Whenever the Democratic Party rushes through a flawed bill that has nothing to do with people's livelihoods, they suddenly conduct a 'standing vote,'" criticizing, "The voting rate they show in the plenary session is almost 100 percent."

She pointed out, "Relentless personal attacks pour down on those who show dissent against the 'party line,' and expulsion measures, tantamount to 'purges,' are also taken," adding, "Scenes that would make Kim Jong-un and the Workers' Party of Korea cry unfold everywhere."

Furthermore, Jo said, "Last week, when the amendment to the Corruption Investigation Office Act was rushed through with a 'standing vote' in the Judiciary Committee, Tae Yong-ho, a member of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, also visited the Judiciary Committee meeting room," and added, "As I left the Judiciary Committee meeting room, I shouted, 'Tae Yong-ho, who escaped from North Korea because he hated dictatorship, is witnessing 'real dictatorship'!'" Tae is a former North Korean diplomat to the UK who defected to South Korea in August 2016.

Jo emphasized, "Tae Yong-ho must feel more than anyone else about the behavior of the Republic of Korea's 'dinosaur ruling party,'" and stressed, "The political system that North Korea promotes is also democracy."

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