Twisted leaders’ talks… Democratic Party insists on ‘We can’t remove Corporal Chae as special prosecutor’

The summit meeting between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong for the first time in two years is not going anywhere at all. While the fight continues over which agenda will be covered, the Democratic Party has once again made its position clear that ‘Special Prosecutor Chae Corporal must be included, and President Yoon must accept this.’

Representative Lee Jae-myeong said at the party’s supreme committee meeting held at the National Assembly headquarters on the 24th, “Machia Valley said, ‘The father of all truth is time,'” and “The Marine Corps death incident is no exception. As time passes, the truth is being revealed.” said. He continued, “It was revealed that on the day the investigation materials were retrieved, there was a phone call between Lee Si-won, Secretary for Public Service Discipline in the President’s Office, and the Ministry of National Defense’s legal affairs officer.” He added, “Two out of three citizens are in favor of a special prosecution for the Marine Chae case.”

“It is the will of the people that this must be done. The Special Prosecutor Act must be passed before the end of the 21st National Assembly and the truth must begin to be investigated. This is the will of the people expressed in this general election. The President’s Office and the ruling party have accepted the Special Prosecutor Act and carried out the people’s orders. I hope you follow.”

Senior Supreme Council member Jeong Cheong-rae also expressed, “The special prosecution is a single bridge that cannot be avoided in the agenda of the summit talks.” He said, “The case of the death of the late Marine Chae and the suspicion of external pressure on the investigation have now become a matter of national interest, and the reality of the incident can also be guessed.” He added, “You can fool one person for a moment, but you cannot fool many people for a long time.” . He continued by saying, “I hope the president will comply with the people’s command to ‘stay quiet and not exercise the right to veto,’” and argued, “Opposing and rejecting the special prosecutor is disobeying the general election.”

Supreme Council member Go Min-jeong also said, “Suspicions of the involvement of Secretary Lee Si-won, the president’s closest associate, in relation to the Marine Corps death incident are being revealed. What can we do other than a special investigation? Rather than being pushed by public opinion, I hope that President Yoon will now be justified.” He said. He also said of the leaders’ meeting, “Isn’t it just a place to meet, have a cup of tea, and have a chat?” and emphasized that President Yoon must show a forward-looking attitude so that bipartisan cooperation can be achieved in the economy and security, as well as in Special Prosecutor Chae. did.

Supreme Council member Jang Gyeong-tae also urged acceptance, saying, “The Special Prosecution Act will be the president’s first stance on public sentiment in the general election,” while pointing out that “its sincerity is questionable” regarding the difficult circumstances of the summit meeting, starting with schedule coordination. He said, “I suddenly remember the presidential election two years ago,” and “Candidate Seok-yeol Yoon proposed a bilateral debate, and candidate Jae-myung Lee accepted it. However, he accepted all the various pathetic proposals such as adjusting the date, no public broadcast, no debate time, no data, etc., but it was rejected. “I hope they don’t just say ‘we will do it’ and then have a ‘no-show meeting’,” he added.

The Democratic Party’s position is that it will unconditionally pass the Special Prosecutor Chae Act in May, when the last session of the 21st National Assembly begins. However, the People Power Party is opposed, saying, ‘Let’s only handle the people’s livelihood bill,’ so the differences between the ruling and opposition parties over the agenda and agenda of the May National Assembly are not being narrowed down. If the two sides find common ground during the summit between President Yoon and Representative Lee, a new breakthrough will occur. However, since the Special Prosecutor’s Law on Corporal Chae also targets allegations of external pressure on the investigation by President Yoon and the President’s Office, there is a high possibility that it will be vetoed again.

Meanwhile, Hong Cheol-ho, Senior Secretary to the President for Political Affairs, Cha Soon-oh, Secretary to the President for Political Affairs, Chun Jun-ho, Chief of Staff to the Democratic Party leader, and Kwon Hyeok-ki, Chief of Staff for Political Affairs, held a preparatory meeting for the summit meeting at the National Assembly the afternoon before. They discussed, ‘Let’s make policies that will solve urgent people’s livelihood problems and important national affairs issues the agenda for the plenary meeting without adding or subtracting,’ but decided to set the schedule for the meeting itself at a later date. As of now, it looks like it will be postponed until next week.

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