Park Hong-geun "Cannot Accept President Yoon Seok-yeol's Policy Speech on 25th Without Apology"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 23rd, Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated, "We cannot overlook the situation where the president delivers the policy speech as if nothing happened amid continuous disregard for the National Assembly and oppression of the opposition party," adding, "If President Yoon Seok-yeol does not offer even the minimum apology to restore trust, we can never tolerate the president's policy speech."

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On that day, Floor Leader Park held a press briefing at the National Assembly and criticized, "When the controversy over the vulgar term 'iXX' arose, the presidential office explained it was an insult to the opposition party, not the U.S. Congress, and after making remarks about pro-North Korean Joo-sa-pa, he deceived the public by saying he himself knows whether he is part of Joo-sa-pa or not," adding, "However, President Yoon has neither apologized nor even expressed regret."

Floor Leader Park questioned, "After that, does he intend to call the policy speech filled with empty words like parliamentary democracy, cooperation, and freedom?" and urged, "We call on President Yoon Seok-yeol to apologize to the public and the National Assembly for ignoring the National Assembly and oppressing the opposition party."

He continued, "If there is not even the minimum apology to restore trust, the Democratic Party will never tolerate the president's policy speech," emphasizing the point.

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