Joo Ho-young, floor leader of People’s Power, said, “The Democratic Party has reserved its position” regarding the decision to delegate the proposal to dismiss Minister Lee Sang-min at the general assembly of the lawmakers, and said, “If the Democratic Party decides, the response may change.” It is.
Representative Joo met with reporters after presiding over a private emergency meeting of senior lawmakers held at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 29th, saying that the Democratic Party's decision was "a very good decision" and "I earnestly ask you to keep your cool and keep the agreement." appealed.
"If the Democratic Party exercises a dismissal proposal, there is no way to stop it, but then only political strife will rage, and it will be difficult to properly identify the cause of the Itaewon disaster or hold accountability," said Joo Nae-nae, the floor leader.
He continued, "If the dismissal proposal is to be dealt with forcefully, it is to give up politics and only go all-in on 'saving Lee Jae-myung'." emphasized over and over again.
Regarding the results of the meeting of middle-ranking lawmakers, the representative of the main house said, "The opinions of the lawmakers were a bit divided," but "the Democratic Party has not yet made a decision, but there were many opinions that it is not desirable for the power of the people to decide."
Representative Joo said to National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, "The agenda of the plenary session on December 1 and 2 has not been agreed at all, and it is a long-standing custom of the National Assembly not to process unagreed agendas."
Originally, the Democratic Party planned to report the proposal for the dismissal of Minister Lee at the plenary session on the 1st of next month and then vote on the 2nd, but through the general assembly today, the decision on the timing and method of the proposal was delegated to the in-house leadership.
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