Ha Tae-kyung "Give Back the Standing Committee Chairs to the Opposition"... Son Hye-won "Why Should the Ruling Party Reflect to You?"

Former Democratic Party lawmaker Sohn Hye-won. /Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Former Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Sohn Hye-won rebutted People Power Party lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung, who demanded the return of the opposition party's standing committee chair positions, saying, "Why should the Democratic Party's reflection be directed at the People Power Party?"

On the 12th, Rep. Ha demanded that the Democratic Party, which suffered a crushing defeat in the April 7 by-elections, "reflect on its arrogance and arrogance by first returning the opposition party's standing committee chair positions, including the Judiciary Committee Chair, and then engage in cooperation."

Rep. Ha pointed out, "If there is sincerity in (reflection), they should first undo the destruction of parliamentary politics after gaining 180 seats," adding, "If they do not return the opposition party's standing committee chair positions, including the Judiciary Committee Chair, and engage in cooperation, the Democratic Party's reflection is just a show."

He continued, "In last year's general election, the people gave the Democratic Party nearly 180 seats. It was a clear message to properly try cooperation," criticizing, "However, the Democratic Party distorted the people's will and persisted in arrogance and unilateral decisions. They forcibly took away the opposition party's standing committee chair positions, which symbolized parliamentary politics and cooperation, and unilaterally pushed through harmful livelihood laws such as the three lease laws. The real estate market fell into chaos, and the people suffered tremendous pain."

Ha Tae-kyung, member of the People Power Party./Photo by Yonhap News

In response, former Rep. Sohn posted on her Facebook on the 13th, "Why should the Democratic Party's reflection be directed at you?" and rebutted, "Who was it that originally stormed out of the standing committees?" This implies that the Democratic Party's reflection should be directed at the people, and that it was the People Power Party who gave up all the standing committee chair positions.

Earlier, the ruling and opposition parties negotiated on June last year to elect the 21st National Assembly's standing committee chairs but failed to reach an agreement. The Democratic Party proposed seven standing committee chair positions, excluding the Judiciary Committee Chair, to the People Power Party, but both sides insisted they could not give up the Judiciary Committee Chair, leading to a final breakdown.

In protest, the People Power Party gave up all 18 standing committee chair positions, resulting in the Democratic Party's monopoly of the standing committee chairs.

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