Ha Tae-kyung: "Democratic Party, Fear Rule by Gaeddal... Next Time, 60 Votes Will Defect"

Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the 'mass defection votes' that emerged during the vote on the arrest motion for Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, pointing out that the 'Gaeddal (Daughters of Reform)', supporters of Lee, are stepping forward to identify the defectors, calling it "Gaeddal's reign of terror."

On the 2nd, Ha stated on BBS's 'Jeon Young-shin's Morning Journal,' "Lee's supporters are effectively enforcing a reign of terror, and since those people decide the party nominations through party member votes, the lawmakers, in fact, the Gaeddal, hold the nomination rights," he said.

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He added, "Because of this, lawmakers are more cautious and cannot express their true feelings, but since the arrest motion vote is anonymous, their true feelings were all revealed," and "Previously, the only voice within the Democratic Party was a unified call for 'overwhelming rejection,' but this shows that the Democratic Party's internal reign of terror is in place, preventing lawmakers from speaking freely as they wish."

Ha predicted that if this continues, in the next arrest motion vote, the 20 abstentions and invalid votes, as well as some opposing votes, could turn into votes in favor. He said, "If it is judged that Lee's leadership will continue, then next time all 20 abstentions and invalid votes will turn into votes in favor, and many who did not vote in favor this time will also switch to supporting," adding, "There are about 50 to 60 lawmakers in the neutral zone, so those neutral lawmakers are also likely to defect this time."

Within the pro-Lee (Chinmyeong) faction, voices are emerging to either set the party line to reject the next arrest motion outright or to cause its rejection by not participating in the vote and thus falling short of the quorum. Regarding this, Ha said, "They will obstruct by any means necessary, and from my perspective, there is a high possibility of vote refusal by preventing attendance at the voting session," adding, "Since it is clear who the internal enemy is, I think they might resort to such petty tactics, but the more they do so, the more it will confirm that Lee Jae-myung is definitely guilty. The public's conviction that he is aware of his own guilt will only grow stronger."

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