Presidential Office on Mrs. Kim's Accompaniment Order: "The Naked Face of Parliamentary Dictatorship... A Typical Old-Style Political Show"

Jeong Hye-jeon, spokesperson for the Presidential Office, is briefing on current issues at the Presidential Office building in Yongsan, Seoul, on the 22nd.
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The Presidential Office strongly criticized on the 22nd the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee, led by opposition parties including the Democratic Party, for passing a motion to issue a summons for Mrs. Kim Geon-hee, calling it "the naked face of one-party dictatorship in the legislature."

Jeong Hye-jeon, spokesperson for the Presidential Office, said during a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office that morning, "Witnesses unfavorable to the Democratic Party were thoroughly excluded, and only witnesses favorable to them were selectively chosen, resulting in about 100 witnesses and reference persons including Mrs. Kim Geon-hee for this audit," adding, "Issuing a summons on top of this is a typical example of an old-fashioned political show aimed at humiliating the President's wife and dragging her through the mud."

She continued, "We strongly regret the low and violent political behavior of the Democratic Party, which, in order to shield the party leader facing a first trial verdict on serious criminal charges, has not only impeached prosecutors and intimidated the judiciary but also excessively issued special investigation summons."

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