Seong Il-jong: "Han Dong-hoon received harsh words from the opposition... He is not a criminal suspect like Lee Jae-myung"

As the Democratic Party of Korea poured criticism over the appointment of Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon as the emergency committee chairman leading the People Power Party, People Power Party lawmaker Seong Il-jong retorted, "At the very least, Minister Han is not a criminal suspect like your party's representative."

On the 21st, Seong said through his social media (SNS), "Did Minister Han impersonate a prosecutor? Did he drive under the influence? Does he have any criminal allegations like Daejang-dong or Baekhyeon-dong?"

Seong Il-jong, the ruling party secretary of the National Defense Committee, spoke to reporters outside the National Assembly National Defense Committee audit hall held at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 10th, discussing the disruption of the audit. The meeting could not even begin as the opposition Democratic Party members posted pickets on every seat demanding the withdrawal of the appointment of Defense Minister Shin Won-sik, and the People Power Party refused to enter the audit hall. Photo by the National Assembly Press Corps

According to the ruling party, Minister Han met with Yoon Jae-ok, acting leader and floor leader of the People Power Party, at an undisclosed location in Seoul that morning, where he was offered the position of emergency committee chairman and accepted it.

The opposition party voiced strong criticism. Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin said, "A person who started with empty talk and ended with irresponsibility has become the emergency committee chairman of the ruling party," while Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Yi-won-young said, "Kim Ki-hyun, Yoon Seok-yeol's puppet leader, is gone, and Minister Han, Yoon Seok-yeol's avatar and Kim Kun-hee's bodyguard, has come."

Democratic Party lawmaker Min Hyung-bae wrote on SNS, "The 'prosecutor coup' forces that took over the ruling party will next target the National Assembly; will it be that easy?" and Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min said, "The special prosecutor faction that came to power through a prosecutor coup will dismantle the People Power Party and create a party centered around prosecutors."

In response, lawmaker Seong said, "You have no right to criticize the emergency committee chairman you appointed, risking your life to get good nominations, while setting up someone who is on trial as a criminal suspect as your party leader," adding, "The People Power Party's emergency committee chairman is not a morally corrupt person. Shouldn't there be at least a minimum sense of shame?"

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