Park Hong-geun: "President and Board of Audit collude for political oppression... Considering hearings and national investigations"

Choi Jae-hae, Yoo Byung-ho, and Lee Kwan-seop to File Complaint with Corruption Investigation Office... Hearing and Parliamentary Inquiry Also Under Consideration

Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the National Assembly's audit countermeasure meeting held on the 11th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 11th, "It has become too obvious that the Daegam (Presidential Office-Audit Board) gate is a political oppression targeting the previous administration." He also announced that a hearing or a national audit investigation targeting the Audit Board would be considered.

At the National Audit Countermeasure Meeting that day, Floor Leader Park said, "It has been revealed that the Audit Board even surveilled records from the civilian period of former government officials who were pressured to resign by the Yoon Seok-yeol administration." He demanded, "We call for a thorough investigation into the illegal collusion between the Presidential Office and the Audit Board in the Daegam gate and for those responsible to be held accountable." He added, "We will file complaints with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) against the Audit Board Chairman, Secretary-General, and (Lee Gwan-seop) Chief of National Planning tomorrow. Since the National Assembly has the duty to audit the Audit Board, we will also consider hearings or national audit investigations."

He mentioned, "The Audit Board received five years' worth of railway usage records of over 7,000 public officials, and it was reported that these included data from the civilian period of agency heads who were pressured to resign by the ruling party." He cited Kim Je-nam, Chairman of the Korea Nuclear Safety Foundation, and Lee Joo-min, Director of the Road Traffic Authority, as being included among the targets. He added, "The Audit Board abandoned even the minimum procedures and justifications through indiscriminate illegal audits," and "Despite this, they are busy denying and evading rather than explaining."

Floor Leader Park emphasized, "We demanded the resignation of Audit Board Chairman Choi Jae-hae and the dismissal of Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho, but President Yoon Seok-yeol has taken no action," and warned, "If they try to suppress the truth, we cannot stand by." He also noted, "With no end in sight to the high inflation march, thanks to 'geumchi' (kimchi that has lost its flavor), the number of 'Gimpo-jok' (kimchi-making groups) is increasing," and stressed, "Since the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, economic crises, especially the interest burden from household debt, have predicted difficulties for ordinary people and vulnerable groups."

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