‘Lee Jun-seok’s disciplinary action’ decided two weeks later… "Confusion, breach of procedure" protest

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Last night (22nd), the People's Strength Ethics Committee had a meeting for more than 5 hours, but could not decide whether to take disciplinary action against CEO Lee Jun-seok.

Two weeks later, on the 7th of the following month, he called for Chairman Lee to listen to his vocation and to discuss it, but he delayed the conclusion, however, the 'disciplinary deliberation procedure' for Kim Cheol-geun, who was a close associate of Lee who was called as a witness yesterday, began.

The Ethics Committee believes that there is more to be investigated regarding the allegation of destruction of evidence by Director Kim.

This is reporter Eom Min-jae.

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Lee Yang-hee, chairman of the People's Strength Ethics Committee, who came out from the meeting around midnight yesterday, said that it was necessary to hear the story of CEO Lee Jun-seok in person.

[Lee Yang-hee / People's Power Central Ethics Chairman: First, go through the process of attending and listening.

You will have to listen to the vocation as to whether or not to take disciplinary action.]

He called Kim Cheol-geun, the party leader, who had received this order, and checked the facts for an hour and a half, but the allegations were not completely resolved.

Director Kim has been accused of trying to silence the so-called silence, such as meeting the person who raised the allegation of sexual abuse under Lee's direction and giving him an investment memorandum of 700 million won.

Multiple Ethics Committee officials said, "At yesterday's meeting, based on the data obtained, such as the transcript of the person involved in the incident, questions continued to be asked to Director Kim, but it was not properly explained."

Accordingly, the Ethics Committee changed Director Kim to the subject of formal disciplinary deliberation rather than a witness in order to further examine the suspicions of Director Kim.

The representative immediately objected.

After President Lee fired at the Ethics Committee, saying, "Is this a rain system punishment waiting for it to rain?", he criticized the Ethics Committee, saying, "It has already been eating away at the party's innovation engine for nearly a month."

[Lee Jun-seok/CEO of People's Power: Expecting something new to come out for reference in two weeks, whether it's the result of a police investigation or whatever...

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Director Kim also posted the provisions of the party rules on social media, claiming invalidity as "initiating a disciplinary action without an investigation by the Audit Committee is a violation of the procedure."

Confusion within the party is also aggravating.

Rep. Ha Tae-kyung criticized the Ethics Committee for “self-harm, corresponding acts,” and former floor leader Kim Ki-hyun expressed concern, saying, “We need to find a way to make a soft landing quickly.”

On the other hand, Supreme Commissioner Jo Su-jin emphasized a strict response, saying, "The defeat of the Democratic Party, which indiscriminately tolerated various sexual crimes, should be used as a turning point."

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[Reporter Cheongwan Kang: First of all, Lee Yang-hee, chairman of ethics committee, explained that he followed the procedure.

After hearing the vocation of Director Kim Cheol-geun, who is a party to the suspicion of destroying evidence, the next order is to call the representative, who was suspected of instigating destruction of evidence.

But why do you have to go until the 7th of the next month?

There are several interpretations of this.

On the other hand, there is a story that ethics committee members need time to physically review the data, such as transcripts related to CEO Lee and Director Kim, and the amount of data is vast and there are conflicting opinions.

On the other hand, as it is known that a police investigation into a businessman who allegedly provided sexual favors to Lee in 2013 will be conducted next week, there is a forecast that the ethics committee will watch and decide.

Regarding this, CEO Lee pointed out that it was a rain system disciplinary action.]

[Reporter Kang Cheong-wan: Since the Ethics Committee has started the disciplinary process against Director Kim Cheol-geun, the interpretation that the higher-ranking CEO Lee is not dismissed is dominant within the party.

In this regard, it is known that yesterday's meeting focused on whether this case was in line with the common sense and eye level of the people.

However, unlike investigations, there are also opinions about whether the evidence will be clearly proven due to the nature of the Ethics Committee, where it is not easy to collect evidence.

Lee Yang-hee, chairman of ethics committee, also decided to take disciplinary action and drew a line that he was not listening to his call.]

[Reporter Cheongwan Kang: I am in the mood to go my own way without thinking about Lee.

Chairman Lee made clear his intention to break through the front when he officially launched the party innovation committee he launched.

It didn't seem comfortable, though.

High Commissioner Bae Hyun-jin, who had recently collided several times, asked for a handshake, but the camera caught him refusing to do so.]