Ruling Party: "Opposition Builds Impeachment Triple Crown... Must Break Free from Impeachment Addiction"

Yoon Jae-ok "Parliament's Clock Should Move According to People's Livelihood, Not Lee Jae-myung"
Park Dae-chul "The Time of Bulletproof Has Passed... It's Time for Livelihood and Economy"

On the 22nd, the People Power Party unanimously criticized the approval of the first-ever motion to dismiss the Prime Minister and the impeachment proposal against the Deputy Chief Prosecutor in the history of the constitutional system as an "abuse of power by the majority party." Regarding the approval of the arrest consent motion for Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, they demanded that the Democratic Party, having escaped the "judicial risk," begin discussions on livelihood bills.

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, said at the party’s floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly that day, "Targeting even incumbent prosecutors is an abuse of power by the majority party," and pointed out, "In the 21st National Assembly, the Democratic Party has achieved a triple crown of impeachment in constitutional history: the first impeachment of a judge, the first impeachment of a cabinet member, and the first impeachment of a prosecutor."

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 22nd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Floor leader Yoon called it "a shameful dark history that will remain in constitutional history," adding, "At some point, impeachment has become a term of venting lightly uttered by Democratic Party lawmakers," and said, "Impeachment of Foreign Minister Park Jin and Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop was discussed or nearly pushed forward at the party level, and impeachment of the president is also spoken of without hesitation." He continued, "Impeachment leaves burdens and wounds not only on the government but on all citizens, so it should only be discussed when illegal facts are clear and there is a definite public demand," emphasizing, "The attitude the Democratic Party is showing now is a habitual impeachment syndrome. The Democratic Party must break free from impeachment addiction."

Regarding the approval of the arrest consent motion for Lee Jae-myung, floor leader Yoon said, "The approval reflects the solemn order of the people for the National Assembly to entrust judicial processing to the courts and restore the broken politics to focus on livelihood," adding, "It is the common wish of not only the ruling party but also the majority of the people that legislative power not be abused over political issues unrelated to the lives of the people." He added, "The clock of the National Assembly should move according to the people's livelihood, not according to Lee Jae-myung."

Regarding the motion to dismiss the Prime Minister, floor leader Yoon also criticized, "Passing a motion to dismiss a Prime Minister without clear legal violations or mistakes is a 'Lee Jae-myung shield' and a diversionary tactic," calling it "a one-sided political offensive and an unchecked display of power."

Park Dae-chul, chairman of the Policy Committee, also said, "The time for shielding is over," and "Now is the time for livelihood, the time for the economy."

Chairman Park added, "Looking at the situation Korea is facing now, it is truly grave," and said, "There is no room to hesitate or delay. The People Power Party, responsible for national governance, will take the lead."

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, is attending the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 22nd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

He continued, "Yesterday, the four laws to restore teachers' authority were passed in the plenary session. It was late but fortunate," and expressed, "There were many other livelihood bills in yesterday’s plenary session. We will do our best to ensure they pass in the next plenary session."

At the plenary session held the previous day, only four bills aimed at restoring teachers' authority were passed among the bills submitted. With the approval of the arrest consent motion for Lee Jae-myung, the motion to dismiss the Prime Minister, and the impeachment proposal against the prosecutor, the plenary session was adjourned and did not resume. Other bills submitted to the plenary session included the amendment to the Insurance Business Act supporting the acceleration of prompt processing of actual expenses, the so-called "Mugshot Law" related to the disclosure of personal information of serious criminals, the "Protected Birth Act" allowing pregnant women to give birth anonymously after counseling, and the amendment to the "Urban Air Mobility Act" establishing legal grounds for urban convergence and urban air transportation.

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