Park Seongjun Claims "People Power Party Disrupts Lawmakers' Voting Using Party Meeting as Pretext"

Park Sung-jun, the Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, claimed on the 7th that "the leadership of the People Power Party is obstructing the voting actions of members through the members' meeting."

Park, the Senior Deputy Floor Leader, said in the afternoon, "Article 148-3 (Prohibition of Obstruction of Access to the Meeting Hall) states that no one shall obstruct a member from entering the plenary session or committee meeting hall to attend the session," and added, "I ask the Speaker of the National Assembly to verify the facts of this issue."

No Jong-myeon, the Democratic Party floor spokesperson, also said, "According to additional confirmation, members of the People Power Party who had privately promised to attend today's vote through prior arrangements are currently unable to enter the meeting hall," and added, "They are currently unreachable. Therefore, we have no choice but to seriously suspect that they are trapped inside the internal space under the pretext of the members' meeting."

Speaker Woo Won-shik said, "Since I do not know the current situation while the People Power Party is holding the members' meeting, it seems necessary to check," and added, "I hope Park Chan-dae, the Democratic Party floor leader, and Choo Kyung-ho, the People Power Party floor leader, come out to the speaker's podium."

Minister of Justice Park Sung-jae is explaining the purpose of the request for reconsideration regarding the 'Special Investigation Act on First Lady Kim Geon-hee' at the National Assembly plenary session on the 7th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

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