Opposition, Retry 'Lee Sang-min Dismissal Motion'... Plan B 'Impeachment Proposal'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] The Democratic Party of Korea is set to retry passing the 'Motion to Recommend the Dismissal of Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min' in the National Assembly, which was blocked last week. If the plan does not proceed as intended, there is also a possibility that they will instead push for a 'resolution to impeach.'

The party's floor leadership issued two notices on the 4th, reiterating their stance by stating, "The Democratic Party has not changed its position on the step-by-step disciplinary action against Minister Lee (processing the dismissal recommendation first, and if rejected, then pursuing impeachment)."

They continued, "However, since the plenary sessions on the 1st and 2nd did not take place causing delays, we will take this into account and during this week's party caucus meeting, we will gather final opinions to decide whether to proceed with the current step-by-step plan or immediately file the impeachment motion."

The Democratic Party plans to collect the leadership's opinions on whether to re-pursue the dismissal recommendation at a high-level strategy meeting on the 5th, make a decision by the 6th at the latest, and obtain final approval at the party caucus meeting on the 7th.

If they decide to move forward with the impeachment motion, it is expected that the dismissal recommendation will be removed from the agenda reported to the plenary session, and instead, the impeachment motion will be filed around the 7th and reported to the plenary session on the 8th as part of their strategy.

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