People's Power Minority Leader Kwon Seong-dong said, "The argument of some in the Democratic Party that one has to sacrifice whom to appoint someone is typical of the old-fashioned politics" about the Democratic Party's de facto connection between the approval of Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and the appointment of Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon. criticized.
Representative Kwon said this on KBS Radio today and emphasized, "It is correct whether we approve or reject the decision.
He said, "There is no talk of rescheduling the plenary session until a week after the president signed the first agenda item and sent it to the National Assembly. The Democratic Party is avoiding responsibility as the majority party," he said. We need to hold a plenary meeting and resolve this issue as soon as possible so that follow-up measures can be taken.”
In addition, when asked, 'If the Democratic Party approves a candidate for prime minister, will it not proceed with the appointment of candidates for the Ministry of Health and Welfare Jeong Ho-young and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, which are controversial over the power of the people? “It is a matter to decide,” he said.
Regarding the personnel controversy over the presidential office's secretary for general affairs Yoon Jae-soon and public service discipline secretary Lee Si-won, he said, "I do not think it is appropriate to express a specific opinion on the fact because I do not have an accurate grasp of the facts."
Regarding the failure of President Yoon Seok-yeol's plan to hold a dinner meeting with the leaders of the three ruling and opposition parties, floor leader Kwon said, "The chief of staff in the presidential office delivered such an opinion (supper meeting) and passed it on to Democratic Party floor leader Park Hong-geun."
He continued, "The Democratic Party said that it is not appropriate to have a meal because the time is not right now and various parliamentary issues are piled up, and it is better to postpone it until after the local elections.
He said, "The president said, 'Let's have a meeting once in the meaning of building acquaintance regardless of the current issue' and 'I will not talk about the current issue,' but the Democratic Party is not in the Democratic Party's position. We said we should do it after the original composition was formed in the second half of the National Assembly, and I said that because it made sense, so I decided to do it.”
Regarding the fact that Democratic Party candidate Jae-myung Lee, who ran for the National Assembly in Gyeyang, Incheon, made a 'back proposal' the day before that the Jeju Odeungbong development project, the Yangpyeong Gongheung district development project, Busan L City, and Daejang-dong Hwacheon Daeyu should be combined to conduct a 'Wokong City Hwacheon special prosecutor'. "Rather, we should conduct a special prosecution on the allegations of Daejang-dong, Baekhyun-dong, and Seongnam FC," he said.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)