People Power Party: "Forcing the Recommendation of the Corruption Investigation Office Candidate is Invalid Due to Procedural Flaws"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] On the 28th, the People Power Party claimed that the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (PCA) Chief Candidate Recommendation Committee's forced resolution of the PCA Chief candidate was "invalid due to procedural flaws."

People Power Party spokesperson Bae Jun-young stated in a verbal comment that afternoon, "The opposition party's voice was ultimately buried." On the same day, the PCA Chief Recommendation Committee recommended Kim Jin-wook, Senior Researcher at the Constitutional Court recommended by the Korean Bar Association, and Lee Geon-ri, Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, as candidates for PCA Chief.

In response, Spokesperson Bae criticized, "The Recommendation Committee unilaterally decided without recognizing the nomination rights of Han Seok-hoon, newly recommended by the People Power Party," adding, "The President's remarks emphasizing the spirit of agreement with the opposition party have turned out to be mere rhetoric."

He pointed out, "Senior Researcher Kim is a candidate for the head of an investigative agency but has little investigative experience," and "Although it is unclear whether the replacement with Vice Chairman Lee Geon-ri, a former prosecutor, was to fill the quota, nominating a current vice-minister level official as a candidate is clearly no different from nominating a ruling party candidate."

Spokesperson Bae stated, "The PCA was established through a fast-track (rapid processing agenda) forced passage once, and then a double forced passage to delete the agreement contents with the opposition party," and urged, "The Constitutional Court must respond to the constitutional complaint filed by the People Power Party last February. Explain why it is delayed even today."

He further said, "If the President intends to appoint one of the candidates forcibly approved today, the People Power Party has no choice but to correct the wrong appointment through hearings and all legal means," raising his voice, "Today's decision also seems like a castle built on sand by them alone. It will be swept away by the tide of common sense."

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