Kwon Seong-dong: "Democratic Party Relies on Extremists in Every Crisis... Hope They Reflect on the Past"

Criticism of the Democratic Party Through Personal Facebook Post on the 4th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "Over the past five years, the Democratic Party has relied on extremists whenever a crisis arose, and the empowered extremists repeatedly caused new crises, creating a vicious cycle."

On the 4th, Kwon stated on his Facebook, "The current crisis of the Democratic Party is not due to election defeats. Election defeats are the result of the crisis, not the cause," expressing this view.

Regarding the Constitutional Court's decision the previous day to grant the injunction suspending the disciplinary action of '30-day suspension from the National Assembly' against Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, Kwon said, "There was no fact-finding investigation, and the disciplinary requirements themselves were not met; this was an unreasonable show of force that has now been stopped," adding, "If even the Constitutional Court justices appointed by the Democratic Party government said this is unacceptable and granted the injunction, how serious must it be?"

Earlier, the Democratic Party had submitted a disciplinary proposal against Kim, accusing him of disrupting the Judiciary Committee meeting last month. The proposal was passed in the National Assembly plenary session with 150 votes in favor, 109 against, and 9 abstentions.

Kwon pointed out, "The complete removal of prosecution's investigative authority (검수완박) was also led by extremists like the 'Cheoreomhoe,' and Democratic Party lawmakers, out of caution, cast votes in favor of the illegal disciplinary proposal against Kim. The accumulation of such crises and the vicious cycle of extremism resulted in the people's judgment faced in the last three elections."

He added, "I hope the Democratic Party reflects on its past while observing the Constitutional Court's decision. If the Democratic Party once again falls under the influence of extremists and raises escapist slogans like 'Constitutional Court reform,' similar to when they previously called for 'prosecution reform,' the stern judgment of the people will not cease."

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