Kwon Seong-dong: "Special Prosecutor Law Cannot Be a Give-and-Take Bargain"... Negotiations Fail

"It's Like Haggling for a Lower Price on Chamoe Melons at the Market and Then Asking for More"

Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the party meeting held at the National Assembly on the 16th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

On the 17th, Kwon Seong-dong, the floor leader of the People Power Party, revealed that negotiations on the special prosecutor law related to the 'December 3 Emergency Martial Law Incident' broke down due to differences in stance with the Democratic Party of Korea.

Meeting with reporters at the National Assembly, Floor Leader Kwon said, "The negotiation talks have collapsed," adding, "From our side, instead of a give-and-take type bill, we created a law that includes only the necessary provisions, which we can concede to this extent at most."

He explained, "We requested to exclude parts concerning foreign exchange crimes, foreign exchange inducement propaganda, and obstruction of voting, as they are either unconstitutional or already investigated and closed by other investigative agencies, but the Democratic Party refused to remove them and said, 'Let's give and take; if we remove them, you should also concede.'"

He continued, "I did not create our own bill to negotiate, but removed unconstitutional and toxic clauses from the opposition's bill, and they said everyone (the opposition) must accept it," adding, "How can we bargain in a give-and-take manner? Like bargaining for a lower price for chamoe melons in the market? We cannot do it that way," conveying his stance to the opposition party.

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