United Future Party Reelected Members: "Ruling Party's Committee Monopoly Is Legislative Dictatorship... We Will Not Stand By and Will Fight"

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[Asia Economy Reporters Lee Ji-eun and Kim Hye-min] Re-elected members of the United Future Party raised their voices, calling the Democratic Party's behavior of monopolizing standing committees "legislative dictatorship."

On the 3rd, after attending a re-elected members' meeting held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, United Future Party lawmaker Jeong Jeom-sik told reporters, "The re-elected members expressed great anger at the behavior of trying to monopolize all 18 standing committees and said they would not stand by and would fight."

Regarding the method of struggle, he said, "We will watch the negotiations between the floor leader group and the Democratic Party closely and come up with a plan," adding, "Rather than specific measures like not entering or entering the plenary session, the main discussion was that we need to continue negotiating with the Democratic Party during the remaining period."

When asked if there were any criticisms of Emergency Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in, Jeong said, "The official launch was on Monday, so how could we criticize the Emergency Committee system that started then by Wednesday? We think he is doing well now."

It is also known that voices calling for approaching Honam came out at the re-elected members' meeting. Jeong said, "Lawmaker Jeong Un-cheon mentioned that (Honam) at the beginning of his speech," emphasizing, "Whether Honam or elsewhere, we consider it an important support base for our party, and we cannot give up any region. We must work harder to win the hearts of the people."