Park Yong-jin: "Yoon's Veto for Kim Gun-hee? ... The Coupleization of Power"

"Full Implementation of Veto Policy at the Speed of Light"
"They Should Have at Least Pretended to Review It"

Park Yong-jin, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol's plan to exercise his veto power regarding the ‘Kim Geon-hee Special Investigation Act’ (the special investigation act on allegations of stock manipulation involving First Lady Kim Geon-hee), saying it “goes beyond the privatization of power to the spousalization of power.”

On the 15th of last month, President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee, having completed their state visit to the Netherlands, are returning to the indoor event hall on the 2nd floor of Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 2nd, Park appeared on YTN Radio's 'News King Park Ji-hoon' program and said, “(If President Yoon) claims it is a constitutional veto power exercised for his wife, it would be an embarrassing scene for the public, so I thought there would be some time for review, but I never expected the veto plan to be fully implemented at the speed of light like this.”

He added, “I have never seen a case where a president wields constitutional rights like this for family, even for a spouse,” and said, “If the person in power had any sense of shame, even if they exercised the veto, they would have at least pretended to take some time to review it, but now it seems they have neither shame nor tact.”

Regarding Han Dong-hoon, the emergency committee chairman, changing the name from the Kim Geon-hee Special Investigation Act to the ‘Deutsche Special Investigation’ instead, Park pointed out that it is “like covering one's eyes and pretending not to see.” He said, “The public suspicion is, 'It seems they can't even bring up Kim Geon-hee's name,' and 'Hasn't the First Lady undergone even the common witness investigation or suspect witness investigation?' Changing the Kim Geon-hee special investigation to the Deutsche special investigation by Chairman Han does not change the essence.”

He continued, “If someone is afraid to even mention the president's spouse's name, I think they are not fit for politics,” and emphasized, “Deutsche Motors is just a company name, and the core of the Kim Geon-hee special investigation is that the First Lady Kim, who has not even undergone an investigation despite being involved in crimes that caused the tears of small investors, must be investigated. Therefore, it is right to call it the ‘Kim Geon-hee Special Investigation.’”

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