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Democratic Party leader Jae-myung Lee's speech at the National Assembly also highlighted the controversy over this trip.

President Lee said, "I will hold you accountable for the diplomatic disaster."

The people's power was raging, and he countered that it was the Democratic Party that harmed the national interest.



Next is reporter Yoo Su-hwan.



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Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung gave a speech for the first time since entering the National Assembly.



He criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol's visit to the country for damaging the prestige of the country's prestige by diplomatic diplomacy without condolences and the humiliating summit between Korea and Japan.



In particular, he insisted that he could not even bring up the US inflation reduction bill and the Korea-US currency swap, which were the key tasks of the tour.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Representative: It showed the level of diplomacy of this government nakedly.

There is no practice in diplomacy, a war without gunfire.

It's a harsh battle that can't be understood as a beginner.]



In the meantime, I set a point to hold myself accountable for such a 'diplomatic catastrophe'.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Representative: As the first party, I will clearly ask you to take responsibility for this diplomatic disaster.

I sternly warn that attempts to place the blame on the people, the media and the opposition will never succeed.] In



his 40-minute speech, President Lee Jae-myung-pyo brought up the issue of constitutional amendment along with his vision for the future, such as basic income.



Immediately after the regular National Assembly, a special committee on constitutional amendment was formed in the National Assembly in December, and along with the 2024 general election, it was proposed that the constitutional amendment to the four-year presidential system be submitted to a referendum.



The People's Power was furious at the remarks of the diplomatic disaster and counterattacked that the proposal to dismiss the foreign minister from the Democratic Party was an act of self-harm.



[Ho-young Joo/People's Power Floor Leader: I think that it was wrong to say that it was a diplomatic disaster.

The fact that the proposal of no confidence in the Minister of Foreign Affairs is an act of self-harm that harms the national interest of the Republic of Korea…

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He also expressed a negative stance on the proposal for constitutional amendment, saying that it would become a 'black hole for the people's livelihood'.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)