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The Budget Settlement Committee, which reviews the Yoon Seok-Yeol government's first budget proposal, continued to go bankrupt from the first day.

The meeting was halted twice when Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon referred to Democratic Party lawmaker Hwang Un-ha and broadcaster Kim Eo-jun as 'professional conspiracy theorists'.



Reporter Kwon Ran reports.



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To a question from Rep. Cho Su-jin, a member of the People's Power, Han responded to the question of 'there is an argument that the Itaewon disaster was caused by the war on drugs promoted by Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon'.



[Han Dong-hoon/Minister of Justice: I think it is wrong for 'professional conspiracy theorists' like Kim Eo-jun and Rep. Hwang Un-ha to use this national tragedy to



conduct political business.]

It refuted the allegations and showed a sign of discomfort.



Democrats immediately protested, calling it "contempt for the National Assembly."



[Jong-gi Jeon / Democratic Party Member: It can also be seen as an obvious insult to the National Assembly.]



[Yoon Young-deok / Democratic Party Member: The statement of the State Council member who evaluates a fellow lawmaker as a political conspiracy theor is astonishing.]



The power of the people has evolved, but ,



[Lee Cheol-gyu / People's Power Rep.: I heard it as a remark referring to a specific broadcaster.

I heard that he pointed out and criticized the behavior of a politician who was greedy.]



Criticism came from within.



[Bae Hyun-jin / Rep. of People's Power: I also judge that it is an act that does not fit the dignity of a member of the State Council.

I ask that you apologize for that part.]



Despite the pouring demands for an apology, Minister Han refused,



[Han Dong-hoon/Minister of Justice: I think that this is something that can be said as a person who has been harmed.]



Opposition lawmakers until the exit of the minister After making the request, the meeting was stopped twice.



At the meeting that eventually resumed past his midnight, a minister apologized in his remarks, saying he was "sorry for the disruption to progress."