Park Yong-jin: "Yoon's Veto, Political Frame Starting as 'Democratic Party's Fault'"

"Tired of the 'Blame Lee Jae-myung' Frame"

Regarding the veto exercised by President Yoon Seok-yeol the day before on the amendment to the Grain Management Act, which was led and passed by the Democratic Party of Korea, Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin criticized it as "the beginning of a political frame trying to shift the blame by saying 'It's all the Democratic Party's fault'."

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On the 5th, on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' Park said, "We have no choice, the president has no other way. Saying this is like the Democratic Party keeps attacking itself during the general election, saying the Democratic Party is too big, please reduce the number of Democratic Party seats. This is the start of a massive frame manipulation to say that."

Park stated, "There are issues with the Grain Management Act, and when discussing these problems, in fact, they can be negotiated and adjusted through mutual agreement, but they just cover that up and claim that this is all the Democratic Party running wild, that it was just forcibly passed," criticizing the government and ruling party. He said the veto was exercised to create a political frame of 'tyranny of the ruling party' without negotiation or compromise.

He added, "If the president is dissatisfied or feels a bill passed by the National Assembly is lacking, he can grumble and supplement and adjust it through enforcement ordinances to make people's lives more comfortable. But if he just says, 'I don't like it, I'll just veto it reflexively,' then he becomes a president who turns shortcomings into anxiety," and said, "I think he is heading toward even worse behavior."

The People Power Party points out procedural issues with the Democratic Party placing independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang in the Legislation and Judiciary Committee's agenda adjustment committee to bypass the committee and directly refer the bill to the plenary session. They also note that the Grain Management Act was the first bill proposed after Lee Jae-myung became the Democratic Party leader. In response, Park said, "Is this the only first bill that Leader Lee proposed?" and added, "There are many bills with 'basic' in their titles, a lot of them. I'm a bit tired of the frame that tries to blame everything on 'Lee Jae-myung,'" he said.

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