The Democratic Party Ethics Judge said yesterday (20th) that it had unanimously decided on the night of the 20th to impose severe disciplinary action against Rep. Choi Kang-wook, including a six-month suspension from party membership.
[Kim Hoe-jae / Democratic Party Law Chairperson (Ethics Judge): It is subject to severe disciplinary action.
It can be said that the right to be a member of the party itself is lost altogether because we lose our party membership.]
The Ethics Tribunal said that, at an online meeting of the Judiciary Committee on April 28, when Rep. Choi was present with female assistants, sexual harassment is inappropriate. The reason for severe disciplinary action was that he denied his remarks and during the clarification process and continued to inflict psychological pain on the victims.
He also cited the fact that this case had a great impact both inside and outside the party and that the party's emergency response committee requested an ex officio investigation in consideration of the seriousness of the matter.
Rep. Choi, who attended the meeting at around 7:30 pm yesterday, is known to have denied the relevant facts.
[Choi Kang-wook / Democratic Party member: (Do you deny the sexual harassment remarks?) Did the results come out?
I do not know the result.]
Former Vice Chairman Park Ji-hyeon, who has demanded a heavy punishment for Rep. Choi, pointed out that although it was a late but fortunate result, it is difficult to see a heavy punishment when considering the cover-up attempt and secondary harm.
Furthermore, he argued that fandom politics should be abolished, and that the party organization 'Lausuhoe' should be dismantled.
The disciplinary action against Rep. Choi will be reported and confirmed at the emergency response committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
(Report: Kang Min-woo, Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, Edit: Choi Jin-hwa, Producer: D Content Planning Department)