Sung Il-jong "Lee Jae-myung, Worried About People's Livelihoods but Mobilized 1,200 People in the National Assembly?"

Sung Il-jong, Chairman of the Policy Committee of the People Power Party, is delivering opening remarks at the Regulatory Innovation Party-Government Council held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Sung Il-jong, Policy Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, criticized Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, for saying that the emergency economic and livelihood meeting held the day before "had no emergency, no economy, and no livelihood." Sung said, "If you are so worried about livelihood, make the 169 lawmakers work."

On the 28th, Sung posted on his social network service (SNS), "If Leader Lee is truly that concerned about livelihood, he should not have used the 169 lawmakers of his party as a human shield in front of the party headquarters to block investigations into his own corruption, but should have made them work," he said.

He added, "If so many lawmakers had worked during that time, how much more productive discussions could have taken place?" and questioned, "If livelihood is that urgent for the party, would they have time to mobilize all 1,200 people including all lawmakers, aides, and regional committee heads nationwide to hold rallies inside the National Assembly?" Previously, the Democratic Party gathered about 1,200 lawmakers and party officials in front of the main stairs of the National Assembly building to hold a rally condemning investigations targeting opposition figures.

The Democratic Party boycotted President Yoon Seok-yeol's policy speech on the 2024 budget on the 25th, raising concerns that the upcoming budget review starting next week may also face disruptions. Sung said, "The review of the 2024 government budget will begin next week," and added, "I hope the 169 Democratic Party lawmakers will stop acting as a 'bulletproof group' protecting only Leader Lee and actively participate in the budget review."

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