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People's Power requested the Board of Audit and Inspection to investigate all the real estate of its members, but the Board of Audit and Inspection stated that it could not investigate. While criticism of the trick was pouring out from inside and outside the party, the People's Power leadership eventually withdrew to entrust the investigation to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, like the Democratic Party.



Correspondent Lee Hyun-young.



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Even today (10th) morning, the People's Power maintained its position that the Board of Audit and Inspection should take charge of all real estate investigations on its members.



Despite the criticism that the Board of Audit and Inspection cannot inspect members of the National Assembly under the current law, it said that it would wait for the Board's decision as it requested an 'investigation' rather than an inspection.



[Bae Jun-young/People's Power Spokesperson: When the official position of the Board of Audit and Inspection comes out, we will correct our position again at that time (I will tell you.)] While the



party leadership persisted, internal opposition also poured out.



Five-term lawmaker Jeong Jin-seok criticized that "they need to be verified by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in an honest and proud way," while third-term lawmaker Kim Tae-ho criticized that "the opposition party should be more confident in the investigation.



In the afternoon, the Board of Audit and Inspection officially notified the 'investigation impossible'.



Article 24 of the Board of Audit and Inspection Act stipulated that 'Public officials of the National Assembly are excluded from inspection'.



The embarrassed People's Power leadership decided to entrust the full investigation to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission within two days.



[Kang Min-guk/People's Power House Spokesperson: We have decided to request the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission to investigate whether 102 lawmakers, their spouses, and lineal ascendants and descendants are speculating on real estate.] As



if conscious of the fact that the current Anti-

Corruption and Civil Rights Commissioner

is a former Democratic Party member It also urged us to thoroughly guarantee the neutrality and independence of the investigation.



The Democratic Party, which has already been investigated by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, commented, "The power of the people found the street number in the wrong place in the first place."



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Choi Hye-young)