Kwon Seong-dong: "The Recall System for Lawmakers is Unconstitutional... A Tool for Lee Jae-myung to Eliminate Rivals"

Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the 'National Assembly Member Recall System' proposed by Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, on the 13th, saying, "There is a high possibility that it will degenerate into a means to eliminate Lee's political opponents."

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At the emergency countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Kwon stated, "It is obvious that it will be used as a tool to purge People Power Party and Democratic Party lawmakers by mobilizing 'Gaeddal' supporters, similar to the 'Bimyeong Hwangsa' and nomination massacres."

He added, "The Constitution stipulates a four-year term for National Assembly members, and there is no proviso limiting this term, so legislating a recall system for National Assembly members itself is unconstitutional," and said, "A recall system without constitutional amendment is impossible."

Floor Leader Kwon criticized, "It is Lee's trademark hypocrisy to draw a line saying it is not the time to discuss constitutional amendments while actually talking about his own constitutional amendment plans."

He continued, "The reason constitutional amendment is necessary is because when power is concentrated in a 'watermelon politician' like Lee?who is different inside and out?the country's future is at risk, not to give Lee more power," and said, "I hope Lee will stop his hypocritical mention of the recall system and honestly disclose his comprehensive constitutional amendment plans to the public."

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