On the 8th, People Power Party floor leader Kwon Seong-dong said to Rep. Kim Sang-wook, who had expressed his support for the ‘dual special prosecution’ (insurrection and Kim Kun-hee special prosecution law), “I advised him to seriously consider leaving the party if it is difficult to follow the party line.”
After finishing the plenary session held at the National Assembly this afternoon, floor leader Kwon met with reporters and said, “If it is difficult to stand with the party line against Rep. “I advised him to seriously consider leaving the party because he could not join the party,” he said.
At the same time, he said, “When the Democratic Party sets its party line, it forms a single unit without a single person leaving, but our party has defections even after deciding on its party line, so we are trying to emulate the Democratic Party in that respect.” He added, “We are trying to have a sense of duty and responsibility as comrades.” “I appealed to them,” he explained.
When asked whether to discipline lawmakers who voted in favor of the Dual Independent Counsel Act, floor leader Kwon said, “It is not a matter for the floor leader to decide,” but added, “I strongly regret that he did not follow the party line even though I explained in detail that it was an unconstitutional law, sought understanding, and persuaded him.” “I express this,” he said. He also said, “This is a situation where many lawmakers are expressing dissatisfaction and raising questions about whether we can actually run the same party.”
Rep. Kim’s position is that he will not leave the party. He met with reporters that day and said, “The floor leader asked me if I voted in favor of the special prosecution law, and I did not answer, but I said something to the effect of ‘I wish I would leave the party.’” He drew a line by saying, “First of all, I have no intention of leaving the party.”
During the first vote on the impeachment bill against President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 7th of last month, Rep. Kim went against his party’s policy of ‘not participating’ and participated in the vote. Ahead of the second vote, he staged a one-man protest and publicly expressed his support. He also expressed his support for the Dual Special Prosecutors’ Act, which was voted on in the National Assembly that day.
The Twin Special Prosecutors’ Act, over which Acting President Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance exercised his right to request reconsideration (veto), was rejected in a re-vote in the National Assembly this afternoon and was scrapped. The Insurrection Special Prosecution Act was rejected with 198 in favor, 101 against, and 1 abstention out of 300 present, and the Kim Kun-hee Special Prosecution Act was rejected with 196 in favor, 103 against, and 1 invalid out of 300 present.
Assuming that all 192 opposition lawmakers voted in favor, it is estimated that despite the People Power Party’s decision to ‘reject’, 6 people voted against the special prosecutor for the civil war and 4 people voted against the special prosecutor Kim Kun-hee.
Kim Hye-rin, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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