Hong Ik-pyo: "Yoon Chooses Confrontation with the People to Shield 'Family Corruption'"

"Judgment and Resistance of the People... It Will Start from Now"
Yoon Requests Reconsideration a Day After Transferring the Double Special Prosecutor Law to the Government

Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, sharply criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol's exercise of the veto power on the so-called 'Double Special Prosecutor Act' on the 5th, saying, "He chose confrontation with the people to protect himself and his family."

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Floor Leader Hong pointed out, "Not even a day after the National Assembly sent the bill to the government on the afternoon of the 4th, the Cabinet members were mobilized as if conducting a military operation to pass the veto on the special prosecutor," adding, "It was a sudden 'bulletproof Cabinet meeting' held for the president and his family."

Hong Ik-pyo, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is presiding over the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

He reiterated, "The Double Special Prosecutor Act was a solemn order from the people to restore fairness, common sense, and justice that have collapsed during the 1 year and 8 months since the Yoon Seok-yeol administration took office." He also criticized, "No previous president has ever rejected a special prosecutor or prosecution investigation related to themselves or their family," and "He will be recorded as the first president to abuse the veto power to shield family corruption."

He continued, "The president chose confrontation with the people to protect himself and his family," and pointed out, "He gave up the opportunity to correct the fairness and common sense that he himself destroyed." In particular, he emphasized, "Common sense among the people is that if you commit a crime, you must be punished, and that no one should be exempt from the law, without exception," adding, "Neither the president nor the president's family should be exceptions."

Floor Leader Hong warned of public backlash following President Yoon's exercise of the veto power. He said, "If the president, government, and ruling party think that everything is over with the exercise of the veto power, that is a big mistake," and "Perhaps the people's judgment and resistance will begin from now on."

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