People Power Party pressures for 'Daejang-dong special prosecutor'... Choo Kyung-ho says "Democratic Party-controlled Legislation Committee cannot submit bills"

"Masters of Changing Words, Masters of Lies"

On the 10th, in front of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting room, members of the People Power Party held an emergency party meeting urging the acceptance of a special prosecutor investigation into the Daejang-dong preferential treatment allegations. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] On the 10th, the People Power Party pressured the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "Let's immediately process the submitted Special Prosecutor Act and conduct a special investigation."

Choo Kyung-ho, the senior deputy floor leader, said in a general assembly of lawmakers, "Today marks the 110th day since the Special Prosecutor Act was submitted," and criticized, "The Special Prosecutor Act, proposed by more than 100 members of the People Power Party as a party stance, has not even been tabled in the Legislation and Judiciary Committee (LJC), which is controlled by the Democratic Party."

Choo added, "Candidate Lee Jae-myung said, 'It is better to conduct the special investigation quickly. Even at the discussion at the end of December, any form of special investigation is acceptable. Let's do it immediately without conditions or sanctuaries. I also want to get out of the allegations quickly,'" and continued, "We immediately requested (to conduct the special investigation), but the answer from the Democratic Party was the same: 'Don't you understand Lee Jae-myung's way of speaking? Just because he says let's do it, did you really think he meant it?'"

Choo Kyung-ho once again pressured the Democratic Party, accusing them of avoiding the special investigation. He said, "I have never heard that Candidate Lee instructed the Democratic Party to process the Special Prosecutor Act," and criticized them as "masters of changing their words and lying." He then made two requests to Candidate Lee: one is to order the Democratic Party floor leader and Park Kwang-on, the Democratic Party chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, to accept the Special Prosecutor Act; the other is to instruct his closest aide, Jung Jin-sang, deputy chief of the Democratic Party election campaign secretariat, to be fully investigated and to provide explanations regarding the allegations.

Choo Kyung-ho emphasized, "I hope you show sincerity before the people," and added, "It is only right to ask for votes after conducting the special investigation and resolving the suspicions."

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