Yoo Sang-beom: "If all moral responsibilities are held accountable, how many ministers would remain in office?"

Yeo Chief Spokesperson, CBS Radio Interview
"Sympathize with Bereaved Families' Grief but Legal Grounds Are Necessary"

Yoo Sang-beom, the chief spokesperson of the People Power Party, commented on the National Assembly's dismissal of the impeachment motion against Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, on the 26th, saying, "To hold someone accountable, it must be based on procedures and legal grounds grounded in the rule of law," and added, "If we start holding all moral responsibilities, how many ministers would be able to keep their positions?"

Yoo appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' that day and said, "The 10·29 Itaewon tragedy was certainly a great tragedy, and I empathize with the grief and anger that the bereaved families must have felt during the disaster," but also made the above remarks.

He continued, "At the time of the Itaewon tragedy, the police and district chiefs who were supposed to exercise actual command and supervision at the scene are currently under arrest and on trial after their legal responsibilities were accurately identified," and said, "However, if you want to hold the minister responsible beyond that, there must be clear evidence that the minister did not at least faithfully fulfill his duties."

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Yoo criticized, "Impeachment is a right recognized for the legislature to check the actions of the highest authority and correct state affairs when the highest authority violates the constitutional order," and added, "This right is now being used recklessly like Jo Ja-ryong wielding a sword, as seen in the past with Im Seong-geun, a high-ranking judge, and Il-guk, a minister, resulting in impeachment motions being continuously dismissed."

He further pointed out, "For an impeachment motion to proceed, there must be clear evidence of constitutional or legal violations to hold someone accountable, but now impeachment motions are being filed simply because political responsibility is not being taken," and said, "By doing so, they themselves have admitted that impeachment motions are political acts."

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