2024-07-25 11:39:15
The Democratic Party of Korea unexpectedly proposed an impeachment motion against Lee Sang-in, the acting chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, as a party position on the 25th and reported it to the plenary session that day. This is the 6th impeachment motion in less than two months since the opening of the 22nd National Assembly, and the 13th since the Yoon Seok-yeol administration took office. The ruling party criticized, “The Democratic Party is indiscriminately abusing impeachment as a political tool.” The special prosecutor bill for Private First Class Chae, which returned to the National Assembly after President Yoon exercised his right to request a reconsideration (veto), was rejected in the plenary session re-vote that day with 194 votes in favor, 104 votes against, and 1 invalid vote out of a total of 299 members.
The Democratic Party held a general meeting of members before the plenary session, adopted the impeachment motion against Vice Chairman Lee as the party’s position, and reported it to the plenary session immediately. In the impeachment motion proposed by all members, the Democratic Party cited Vice Chairman Lee’s single-handedly conducting the public broadcasting executive appointment process while acting as the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission as the main reason for the impeachment. The gist is that he illegally operated the Korea Communications Commission beyond his normal acting duties while four of the five standing committee members were vacant.
In response, the Office of the President and the People Power Party responded by saying, “According to the Constitution and the Broadcasting and Communications Commission Act, impeachment is possible for the head of an organization, so the vice-chairman is not subject to impeachment,” and “This is an act of destruction of the constitutional order without legal basis.”
According to the National Assembly Act, the impeachment motion must be voted on by secret ballot within 72 hours of being reported to the plenary session. While the Democratic Party is planning to vote on the impeachment motion as early as the 26th, it has been reported that Vice Chairman Lee is also set to resign voluntarily around the 26th. If the impeachment motion is passed, Vice Chairman Lee’s duties will be suspended, paralyzing the work of the KCC, so there is no other way to respond than to resign voluntarily and then select a successor. Former KCC Chairman Lee Dong-kwan resigned before the impeachment vote, and former Chairman Kim Hong-il resigned before the report.
The Office of the President is said to be struggling to decide on a successor to Vice Chairman Lee. Since Vice Chairman Lee is a standing committee member and not the chairman, even if he resigns, the president can immediately appoint a successor without a hearing.
The Democratic Party also submitted the four broadcasting laws (amendments to the Broadcasting Act, the Broadcast Culture Promotion Association Act, the Korean Educational Broadcasting System Act, and the Broadcasting and Communications Commission Establishment and Operation Act) to the plenary session on the same day. The People Power Party defined it as “legislative rampage aimed at permanently taking control of public broadcasting” and immediately entered into an unlimited debate (filibuster).
Reporter Kang Sung-hui [email protected]
Reporter Kwon Gu-yong [email protected]
Reporter Hwang Hyeong-jun [email protected]
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2024-07-25 11:39:15