Democratic Party: "Yoon's faction, like occupying forces, unified in police control... Will mobilize full parliamentary power to stop"

Yongsan Visit by Democratic Party: "Police Control Administrative Coup... Yoon Must Withdraw Disciplinary Actions and Apologize to the Public"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Regarding the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's push to establish a Police Bureau within the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Democratic Party of Korea launched a relentless offensive, calling it "Yoon Suk-yeol regime's excessive ambition to seize control of the police." The Democratic Party raised the level of their attack, stating, "The Yoon Suk-yeol faction, filled with close aides, is speaking in unison like an occupying force to take control of the police."

On the 26th, Park Hong-geun, floor leader, along with the floor leadership and members of the Police Control Countermeasures Committee, held a press conference across from the main gate of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan, saying, "We will concentrate parliamentary authority and party efforts to block the police takeover."

The Democratic Party said, "The Yoon administration has launched a police takeover using all sorts of expedients without any social consensus for police reform," and added, "The president must take full responsibility for all attempts to seize control of the police and apologize directly to the public."

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On the 26th, Park Hong-geun, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Seo Young-kyo, Head of the Countermeasures Team to Prevent Police Takeover, are moving near the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, to deliver a protest letter to the Presidential Office after holding a press conference condemning the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's police takeover. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Targeting President Yoon Suk-yeol, the Democratic Party questioned, "Who else would command the Minister of the Interior and Safety, the Chief of Staff to the President, and the nominee for Commissioner General of the National Police Agency in perfect coordination? Who else could form a public security state by mobilizing investigative agencies and administrative power, regardless of unconstitutionality and illegality?" They emphasized, "The president has only been temporarily delegated authority and is not the owner of state power."

The Democratic Party demanded, "Immediately halt the establishment of the Police Bureau, including the hasty approval of the illegal enforcement decree at the Cabinet meeting, and immediately withdraw the retaliatory disciplinary actions and inspection orders issued to the police."

Meanwhile, if the enforcement decree establishing the Police Bureau passes the Cabinet meeting today, it will be promulgated and enforced simultaneously on the 2nd of next month. As the government has effectively formalized the decision, a direct confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties is expected to intensify.

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