Choo Kyung-ho: "'Democratic Party Money Party' Regresses Party Democracy"

"Cash Envelope Distribution Incident Is Not Suspicion but Truth"
"Opposition Uses Budget as Political Hostage"
Jo Guk Calls for Supreme Court Ruling

On the 1st, Choo Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party's 'Party Convention Money Envelope Incident,' regarding the Supreme Court's confirmation of former lawmaker Yoon Kwan-seok's prison sentence, calling it "justice served" and denouncing it as a "money-stained 'money party convention' that was organized and planned."

Choo said at the National Assembly's National Audit Countermeasures Meeting held that morning, "The 2021 Democratic Party convention money envelope distribution incident is no longer a suspicion but the truth."

Chu Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party (right), is speaking at the National Assembly's audit countermeasure meeting held on the morning of the 1st. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Choo pointed out that this incident was "a case of buying voters with money and a serious crime shaking the roots of democracy," adding, "It is a shameful incident that regressed party democracy in the Republic of Korea."

He continued, "With the evidentiary power of the so-called Lee Jung-geun recording fully recognized by the Supreme Court, the full details of the current and former Democratic Party lawmakers indicted on charges of receiving money envelopes from former lawmaker Yoon will soon be revealed in court," urging, "The six Democratic Party lawmakers accused of receiving money envelopes should respond to summons by the time notified by the prosecution on November 17 and receive strict legal judgment."

Choo also called for a Supreme Court ruling on Cho Kuk, leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party. He said, "The next in line is Representative Cho Kuk," and criticized, "As the Supreme Court ruling approaches, Representative Cho is acting recklessly out of anxiety, loudly shouting for the president's impeachment. He is the ultimate shameless person with no conscience."

Regarding budget deliberations, Choo said, "As soon as the Democratic Party finishes their shielded political strife audit, they have announced a political strife budget review," adding, "It is deplorable to see a major opposition party that claims to care about people's livelihoods with their words but intends to hold even budgets directly related to people's livelihoods hostage to political strife."

He went on, "They even plan to use the budget for the law to end dog meat consumption, which they themselves pushed as party policy, as a political pawn by painting it as a project of First Lady Kim Keon-hee," adding, "Regardless of the purpose and content of the budget project, they intend to target First Lady Kim Keon-hee and charge forward. At this point, it is no longer stalking but akin to a reckless obsessive fan."

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