The ‘Kim Kun-hee Special Prosecutor Act’, which the opposition party, including the Democratic Party of Korea, is scheduled to vote again at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 4th, has become ‘more powerful’, with the number of investigation targets increased to eight compared to the first bill, which was scrapped due to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s exercise of the right to request reconsideration (veto) in the 21st National Assembly. ‘ Contains content. People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon said on the 3rd, a day before the re-vote, “(If the Special Prosecutor Act is passed) the judicial order will be shaken.” “It is right to reject it,” he said, and began cracking down on internal votes. In response, the Democratic Party stimulated breakaway votes within the ruling party, saying, “The longer the ruling party takes, the more it will take joint responsibility with the president.”
The special prosecution bill for Kim Kun-hee, which the opposition party pushed through at the plenary session on the 19th of last month, covers the existing Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation case, suspicions of First Lady Kim Kun-hee’s intervention in the 22nd nomination and personnel appointments, suspicions of external pressure in the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission investigation, suspicions of receiving Dior bags, and lobbying for the rescue of ‘Division Chief Seong-geun Lim’. Eight suspicions were included as targets of investigation.
The right to recommend special prosecutors was given to the Democratic Party and non-negotiating groups, so that if the opposition party recommended two candidates, the president would appoint one of them. If the President does not appoint a candidate within three days from the date of receiving the candidate recommendation, the older candidate among the candidates is deemed to have been appointed as a special prosecutor. The special prosecutor’s investigation period is 90 days, but can be extended once (30 days) if necessary, and can be extended by an additional 30 days with the approval of the President.
Representative Han met with reporters that day and said, “I know that there are many thoughts on issues related to Mrs. Kim, the party will have many thoughts, and the people’s perspectives will also vary.” He then opposed the passage of the special prosecution law, saying, “However, the special prosecution law that the Democratic Party is trying to pass now is a special prosecution law in which the Democratic Party decides everything.” When asked, ‘What will you do if the Special Prosecution Act is passed once more?’, he answered, “I won’t talk about it in advance.”
According to the National Assembly Act, a bill that is subject to a re-vote through the exercise of the President’s veto is passed when more than two-thirds of the National Assembly members present agree. The Special Prosecutor Act will be passed if 8 out of the People Power Party members (108 members) break away and vote in favor, or if all opposition party members (192 members) attend and 12 members from the ruling party do not attend, the Special Prosecutor Act will be passed.
Cho Seung-rae, chief spokesperson of the Democratic Party, said, “As various suspicions about the president’s wife fill the media every day, the democratic republic where the people are the masters is at risk of degenerating into Kim Kun-hee’s republic,” leading to a vote of departure within the ruling party. The Democratic Party believes that even if the Special Prosecutor Act does not pass in this re-vote, it is politically advantageous because it can provide momentum to push for a government investigation into Ms. Kim. An official from the Democratic Party said, “After uncovering various suspicions related to Ms. Kim through a government audit in October, we will consider a plan to conduct a government investigation in parallel.”
Reporter Ahn Gyu-young [email protected]
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2024-10-04 02:32:29