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The National Assembly audit of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office today was lame all day.
The Democratic Party virtually boycotted the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, claiming that the prosecution’s attempts to seize and search were blatantly obstructing the National Inspectorate, and there was a lot of shouting, arguing that the people’s power should not commit a crime.
In the end, the government audit proceeded without the Democrats.
This is reporter Gu Min-ji.
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The Judiciary Committee’s National Audit Letter to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.
Democratic lawmakers did not attend the inspection, demanding the resignation of Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok and an apology from President Yoon Seok-yeol, saying, “The prosecution’s attempt to seize and search our company is a blatant obstruction of the national inspection.”
[기동민/국회 법사위 더불어민주당 간사]
“The prosecution’s search and seizure is ignoring the National Assembly and disregarding the opposition. There was no hesitation in revealing the true face of the Prosecutor’s Republic.”
The People’s Power said, “The Democratic Party is pressing the prosecution to cover up the crimes that exist,” and opposed using the Chief of the National Assembly as a means of protecting Lee Jae-myung.
[유상범/국회 법사위 국민의힘 위원]
“All members of the committee are stepping up to defend (Lee Jae-myung’s) allegations of corruption… Is it actually making the Democratic Party a ‘together with the anti-corruption party’…”
At 3 pm, Judiciary Chairman Kim Do-eup, who belongs to the People’s Power, opened the National Assembly, and the Democratic Party members protested fiercely while surrounding the chairperson’s seat.
“I condemn the oppression of the opposition! I condemn the oppression of the opposition!”
Amid the clamor between the opposition and the opposition, the oath of witnesses and business reports continued as they were, and the confrontation between the opposition and the opposition intensified.
[김도읍/국회 법사위원장]
“Then don’t sin.”
[기동민/국회 법사위 더불어민주당 간사]
“Who sins?”
[김도읍/국회 법사위원장]
“Just because you’ve committed a crime doesn’t mean you get a warrant.”
[기동민/국회 법사위 더불어민주당 간사]
“Is the chairman a law enforcement agency?”
Eventually, the meeting stopped following 30 minutes.
After that, in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, which was held without the Democratic Party, the People’s Power ordered a strict response from the prosecution.
[박형수/국회 법사위 국민의힘 위원]
“If the prosecution neglects this situation, the rule of law in Korea will disappear.
[이원석/검찰총장]
“I believe that the activities of political parties should be done democratically within the framework of the law and in accordance with Article 8, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution.”
The Democratic Party held a protest press conference in front of the Yongsan Presidential Office instead of the Chief of State and demanded the suspension of the political investigation.
[권인숙/국회 법사위 더불어민주당 위원]
“The speed of the National Assembly is reminiscent of a blitzkrieg, regardless of the National Assembly schedule. Without a background, it would not be possible.”
In other standing committees, such as the National Assembly’s Industrial Self-Defense Committee and the Agriculture and Marine Inspection Committee, which were held today, quarrels between the ruling and opposition parties took place in various places as the people’s power was ‘Corrupt Corruption’ and the Democratic Party held a national inspection with a sign that read “Stop retaliatory investigation.”
This is Minji Gu from MBC News.
Video coverage: Seo Doo-beom / Video editing: Lee Jeong-geun
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