People's Power Representative Lee Jun-seok announced today (8th) that he will not step down from his position and will take full action in relation to the 'six-month suspension of party membership' by the Party Central Ethics Committee against him.
The unprecedented decision to severely punish the leader of the ruling party has been made, and President Lee is expected to increase the chaos within the passport as he announces that he will fight against this without surrendering.
Chairman Lee appeared on the radio this morning and was asked if he had plans to step down as party leader, and he said, "I have no intention of doing so."
He said, "If you look at the rules of the ethics committee, the party leader has the right to take disciplinary action as a result of the ethics committee's disciplinary action," he said.
He continued, "When the disposition becomes acceptable, of course, it will be accepted as such, but in the current situation (not so). I will take all measures based on these circumstances, whether it is an injunction or a retrial."
When asked if he would hold the position of presiding over the highest level until the disciplinary action is confirmed, CEO Lee said, "The highest level is to be held on Monday next week anyway," he said.
He also said that if the disciplinary action is confirmed as it is, about the plan, "I will have to judge that too."
At the same time, he repeatedly dismissed his intention to resign, saying, "I am not considering it."
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Regarding the result of the Ethics Committee, CEO Lee emphasized, "The fact that the severe disciplinary action of a six-month suspension of party membership was imposed in a situation where the investigation process had not even started is a situation in which I have no choice but to raise an objection to the ethics committee's equity."
He said, "It is the customary practice in the political realm for the Ethics Committee to issue a disposition according to the judgment or trial result of the investigative agency," he said. ) is a bit questionable in itself,” he pointed out.
He also said, "I know that JTBC reports that there is a higher level suspicion about the ethics committee, and in fact, there will be follow-up reports about it." ", he emphasized.
Representative Lee said, "Actually, what is called a violation of dignity is objectively viewed as to what damage it has caused to the party. "I think it was a very unusual procedure for the ethics committee," he said.
He continued, "If it is a matter of severe disciplinary action against the party leader for a case that is not criminally problematic at all, the aftermath is not formidable," he said.
Regarding the force that influenced the ethics committee this time, CEO Lee said, "People who are classified as Yoon Hee-gwan (a key person in charge of Yoon Seok-yeol) are very excited and talk a lot. "He said.
When asked if there are people among the ethics committee members who have been planted by Yoon Hak-kwan, he said, "I don't want to be so suspicious," but he said, "Rep. Yoo Sang-beom is a person who can be classified as a 'beom-yun-kwan', so he can do it, but that absolutely had an impact. I don't see it," he said.
President Lee said, "There will be a lot of pressure," adding that "there will be a lot of pressure" when it comes to the promotion of the formation of a new leadership at an early national convention or the like on the premise of his resignation.
Regarding the argument raised by some in the party, Ahn Cheol-soo and Jang Je-won, secretary-general of the party, he said, "There was talk that there was such a plan in the party, but that is something you have to try once to know."
Regarding Rep. Park Seong-joong's recent statement that '80% of lawmakers agreed to the impeachment of President Lee during the election,' Lee said, "It's a really shameful article." "There are more than a certain number of lawmakers who always have concerns about it, even if they claim it."
"The biggest weapon of 2030 Party members and supporters is that they can influence the party's decision-making for a long period of time," he said.
Regarding the recent sluggish approval rating for the president's performance, Chairman Lee said, "The 'very negative' figure is high," he said. "It's a very dangerous figure. It is a situation that requires active measures both in the presidential office and in the party."
"The approval rating ultimately depends on whether we go back to the path of sound common sense," he said.
Representative Lee also raised concerns about the centralization of the West Sea civil servant incident, saying, "It is very dangerous when the expression "extraordinary Jeongguk" is used.
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