Park Hong-geun "People Power's Political Show"... Yoon Ho-jung "Constitutional Court Is Not Yoon's Detective Agency"

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Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the People Power Party on the 30th for not attending the National Assembly Steering Committee meeting held the previous day to form a special committee on judicial reform, calling it a "double-faced political show."

At a party meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Park said, "The People Power Party spread fake news claiming that the Democratic Party removed the establishment of the Serious Crime Investigation Office from the (prosecutorial reform) bill, but in reality, they continued this double-faced political show by not attending the Steering Committee meeting for the establishment of the Serious Crime Investigation Office."

He added, "The People Power Party has not taken political responsibility or apologized to the public for breaking the agreement; instead, they occupied the chair of the Judiciary Committee chairman and seized the gavel, blatantly violating the National Assembly’s modernization law for the first time in 10 years, and even absurdly mentioned holding a national referendum." He continued, "Our position to properly protect citizens' rights through the separation of investigation and prosecution powers while strengthening the nation's investigative capabilities is entirely legitimate," and added, "With a heavier sense of responsibility, we must ultimately uphold the bipartisan agreement and complete the reform of power institutions."

Floor Leader Park also said, "In a public opinion poll released yesterday, more than half of respondents supported pushing forward with the original prosecutorial reform bill or the agreed version, indicating that public opinion is gradually changing," and added, "If we overcome difficulties and complete the normalization and reform of prosecutorial functions, the public will recognize it, and history will ultimately judge us."

Yoon Ho-jung, co-chair of the Emergency Response Committee, criticized the People Power Party for filing an injunction with the Constitutional Court to block the complete removal of prosecutorial investigation rights (검수완박). He said, "The Constitutional Court is not a private agency that processes orders from President-elect Yoon and the People Power Party." He emphasized, "It is shameful for the National Assembly itself to tarnish its reputation by taking matters occurring in the Assembly to the Constitutional Court." He also pointed out, "The claim for a national referendum, which does not even meet constitutional requirements, is absurd," calling it "a dictatorial idea that denies the separation of powers and representative democracy."

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