"Stop Legislative Dictatorship" People Power Party Announces Rally Condemning Democratic Party's Impeachment of Audit Board Chairman and Prosecutors

Scheduled in front of the National Assembly Main Building on the 4th
"Democratic Party, Legislative Dictatorship Continues"

The People Power Party announced that it will hold a rally in the National Assembly to condemn the Democratic Party of Korea's push to impeach the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection and prosecutors.

On the 2nd, Choo Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, and senior lawmakers paid a protest visit to Woo Won-shik's office, the Speaker of the National Assembly, to express their opposition to the handling of the reduced budget bill in the plenary session. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

On the 2nd, after a party meeting held at the National Assembly, Choo Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, told reporters, "The Speaker of the National Assembly and the major opposition party, the Democratic Party, are committing violent acts by force, and legislative dictatorship continues day after day," adding, "We have decided to hold a rally with party members to condemn this."

On the upcoming 4th, the plenary session of the National Assembly will vote on the impeachment motions proposed by the Democratic Party against Choi Jae-ha, head of the Board of Audit and Inspection, Lee Chang-soo, chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Cho Sang-won, 4th deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and Choi Jae-hoon, head of the Anti-Corruption Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

The People Power Party's rally is scheduled to be held in front of the main building of the National Assembly just before the plenary session. This is interpreted as part of a public opinion campaign to pressure Speaker Woo Won-shik and the Democratic Party ahead of the plenary session.

At the party meeting, the People Power Party effectively confirmed as party policy the leadership's stance that if the Democratic Party does not withdraw the 'reduced budget bill' forcibly passed and apologize, they will not participate in future budget negotiations. Regarding this, Floor Leader Choo said, "All members agreed, and we will maintain this position until the 10th."

Speaker Woo on the same day urged both ruling and opposition parties to reach an agreement by the 10th, the last day of the regular session, and postponed submitting the reduced budget bill, which the Democratic Party had unilaterally passed in the National Assembly's Budget and Accounts Committee, to the plenary session.

During the party meeting, members freely exchanged opinions on countermeasures against the political situation, including the opposition's unilateral budget and impeachment moves. Some members reportedly suggested that, given the critical timing, the ruling party should unite to counter the opposition's unilateral actions. This was interpreted as a warning against highlighting internal conflicts within the ruling party, such as controversies over the party members' bulletin board. However, there were no direct mentions of the party members' bulletin board during the closed-door meeting.

Floor Leader Choo said, "Overall, many agreed and shared the opinion that, in this serious time, the party must fundamentally unite and come together as 'one team' to raise party approval ratings and gain public trust."

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