Ruling Party: "If Opposition Does Not Participate in Audit by 2 PM, We Will Hold It Alone"

Ruling Party Floor Spokesperson Says "Witnesses Are Also All Waiting" Amid Opposition's Afternoon Party Meeting and Backlash

On the 24th, Democratic Party lawmakers held a press conference condemning the prosecution dictatorship and new security governance, and the invasion of the Democratic Party office near the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporters Lee Ji-eun and Kwon Hyun-ji] As the opposition party protested the Democratic Research Institute raid on the 24th and withheld participation in the National Assembly audit, the ruling party announced its intention to hold the audit alone if the opposition does not participate by 2 p.m.

Jang Dong-hyuk, the floor spokesperson for the People Power Party, told reporters in the morning, "The People Power Party will wait until 2 p.m., and if the opposition still does not participate in the audit by then, we will hold it solely."

The opposition held a press conference condemning the raid on the Democratic Research Institute at their party headquarters in the morning and announced plans to hold a party meeting at 2 p.m. to discuss returning to the audit.

Most of the audits scheduled for 10 a.m. that day did not convene, except for the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, and the Public Administration and Security Committee. The Public Administration and Security Committee audit was delayed by 1 hour and 20 minutes before starting, and the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee and Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee audits were adjourned immediately after opening. The ruling party perceives that a proper audit will be difficult under these circumstances.

Spokesperson Jang said, "(The opposition) will hold a party meeting at 2 p.m. and attend even late in the afternoon, but the audit institutions have been waiting since early morning, and all witnesses are also waiting," adding, "We cannot wait indefinitely for the Democratic Party. Starting late, how thorough can the audit be?"

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