Yun Hojung Strongly Criticizes People Power Party for Turning Confirmation Hearings into a Mess

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Amid the conflict between the ruling and opposition parties over the adoption of witnesses and reference persons for the confirmation hearing of Kim Oh-soo, the nominee for Prosecutor General, Yoon Ho-jung, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, strongly criticized the People Power Party on the 21st, saying, “It is obvious that they intend to turn the confirmation hearing into a mess and, if negotiations fail, into a stage for criticism and denunciation.”

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Floor Leader Yoon expressed regret over the opposition party’s intention to turn the confirmation hearing into another fierce political conflict.

He sharpened his criticism by saying, “The People Power Party’s political offensive through the confirmation hearing has crossed the line.” Floor Leader Yoon pointed out, “During the confirmation hearing of former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, they insisted on adopting authors of the ‘Black Book on Cho Kuk’ such as Jin Joong-kwon and Kim Kyung-ryul as reference persons. It was an unreasonable demand unrelated to the prime minister candidate’s verification. However, we generously accepted it.” He added, “But this time, they have gone far beyond the line. They demanded figures unrelated to verifying the qualifications of the Prosecutor General, such as Cho Kuk and Park Sang-ki, for the confirmation hearing.”

He continued, “The Prosecutor General confirmation hearing is a forum to examine whether the candidate has any disqualifications to perform the duties and possesses the necessary qualifications,” and raised his voice, saying, “Criticizing the Moon Jae-in administration by calling unrelated witnesses and reference persons is nothing but dereliction of duty.”

He then emphasized, “Kim Ki-hyun, the floor leader of the People Power Party, stated upon taking office that he would move away from political struggles ignored by the people and focus on livelihood struggles,” and urged, “The People Power Party must choose whether to offer livelihood to the people suffering from COVID-19 or to offer political strife.”

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