Park Jumin: "Han Donghoon himself mentioned 'impeachment, impeachment'... Just do your job properly"

Park Ju-min, the senior deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, dismissed the impeachment rumors of President Yoon Seok-yeol and Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, which are being advocated by some hardliners in the opposition party, as "just individual opinions." He accused Minister Han of having political motives, saying, "He himself keeps mentioning impeachment."

On the 21st, Park said on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' "(The impeachment of President Yoon) is not being considered within the party, and I want to make that clear."

Park Jumin, the Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Policy Coordination Meeting held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Photo by Kim Hyunmin kimhyun81@

Earlier, on the 19th, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min called for impeachment at a book concert by lawmaker Min Hyung-bae at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. However, Park emphasized that this is merely a personal opinion. He said, "Some media perspectives suggest that this is being encouraged or tacitly supported, and I have been asked many questions about this, but that is not the case at all. These are really just personal remarks by those individuals, and I think people just see it as 'Oh, that person thinks that way' and nothing more."

Regarding the impeachment of Minister Han, Park also stated, "It has not been reviewed. There has been no official discussion or anything like that," adding, "He (Minister Han) keeps mentioning impeachment all the time."

He continued, "Yes. We wonder why he acts like that. Internally, we think, well, if there really is something illegal, impeachment could be possible. Isn't that what impeachment is about?"

Park pointed out that Minister Han's remarks about 'impeachment' carry political intent. He said, "That's why I once publicly told him to just properly handle the Ministry of Justice affairs," adding, "I have said it many times. The minister should not behave like that. He is completely a politician. Among politicians, he is one who strongly takes one side. But since he says he is going to do politics now, and he has been playing a political role from the start, it is neither surprising nor unusual."

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