Democrats Submit Motion to Dismiss Prime Minister Han Deok-su... Emergency General Assembly Resolution

Call for Cabinet Resignation and Push for Impeachment of 'Illegal' Prosecutors
Special Investigation Begins into Obstruction of Investigation of Fallen Marines
Resolution to End Lee Jae-myung's Hunger Strike Also Passed

The Democratic Party of Korea has resolved to immediately submit a motion to dismiss Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to the National Assembly.

Park Kwang-on, the floor leader, announced this resolution during a briefing held in the middle of a five-hour-long party meeting on the 16th.

In the resolution, the Democratic Party stated, "We urge a comprehensive overhaul of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and the resignation of the entire cabinet, and we will immediately submit a motion to dismiss Prime Minister Han Duck-soo," adding, "We will proceed with the necessary procedures to enforce the Special Prosecutor Act for the investigation into the obstruction of the investigation and cover-up of the death of a Marine officer."

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Additionally, it included statements such as "We will fight against the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's unjust political investigations, oppression of opposition parties, political purges, and the destruction of the previous administration," and "We will initiate impeachment procedures against prosecutors who committed illegal acts."

During the party meeting that day, the Democratic Party also resolved to have Lee Jae-myung, the party leader, stop his hunger strike and conveyed this to him.

Floor leader Park said, "During the party meeting, senior executives and key party officials met with the leader and expressed the opinion that continuing the hunger strike was unacceptable," adding, "However, the leader still did not waver in his determination."

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