Lee Jae-myeong “President’s Office and ruling party accept the Special Prosecutor Chae Sang-byeong Act and follow the people’s orders”

On the 24th, Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, urged the President’s Office and the People Power Party to accept the ‘Special Prosecutors’ Act on suspicions of external pressure to investigate the death of Corporal Chae of the Marine Corps.’

Representative Lee said at the Supreme Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on this day, “Two out of three citizens are in favor of the special prosecution of Corporal Chae. “It is the will of the people that a special prosecution for Corporal Chae must be conducted,” he said. “I hope the President’s office and the ruling party will accept the special prosecution and follow the people’s orders.”

He said, “Machiavelli said, ‘The father of all truth is time,’” and “The Marine Corps death case is no exception. “As time passes, the truth is being revealed,” he claimed.

“It was revealed that on the day the investigation materials were retrieved, there was a phone call between Lee Si-won, Secretary to the President for Public Discipline, and the Management Secretary to the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice. “The case of Corporal Chae is a series of truly unusual and unreasonable events,” he said, adding, “They suddenly canceled the scheduled investigation results and even attempted to arrest Colonel Park Jeong-hoon, who was legitimately doing a good job, by charging him with the bizarre crime of being the leader of a mass rebellion.” did.

He again emphasized, “We must pass the Special Prosecutor Act before the end of the 21st National Assembly and begin investigating the truth.”

Regarding pension reform, Representative Lee said, “Six out of 10 citizens who participated in the public deliberation process chose a pension reform plan that focuses on strengthening income security,” and added, “The 500-person citizen delegation directly learned, and public deliberation processes such as discussion and deliberation were carried out. “It is very meaningful because it is the result of three surveys.”

He continued, “As pension reform is a core task of the Yoon Seok-yeol government, the ruling party must speed up the discussion so that the 21st National Assembly can take responsibility and conclude it.” He added, “It is a serious problem to only talk, show condescension, and not actually take action and do not take action.” He said.

He added, “As this is an issue directly related to the lives and future of the people, the Democratic Party will actively cooperate,” and added, “We will quickly complete pension reform through national public debate.”

Hyewon Lee, Donga.com Reporter [email protected]