People Power Party Freshmen: "The Ruling Party Attempts to Pass the Corruption Investigation Office Act... We Will Block Dictatorial Legislation"

"The fate of the nation at stake... We will not back down"

People from the People Power Party's Judiciary Committee are picketing in the hallway of the National Assembly Judiciary Committee on the 4th, opposing the partial amendment bill on the establishment and operation of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 4th, first-term lawmakers of the People Power Party stated, “The Democratic Party of Korea is attempting to change the situation through the passage of the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) bad law by the ‘Pro-Moon Shock Troops’ to cover up the regime’s misconduct,” adding, “We may face a bigger battle next week. Since this will be a decisive battle that determines the fate of the country, first-term lawmakers have agreed today to move the stage of struggle to the National Assembly.”

In their statement on the same day, they said, “We will prevent the dispersion of forces due to numerical inferiority and support the party leadership who requested this, to block the completion of dictatorial legislation in the final legislative battle of the regular session,” and “We will not back down from a bigger fight.”

They also stated, “We will protect the Republic of Korea, which has been built with difficulty on freedom and democracy, and its people,” and “We will not forget the encouragement from the party leadership and senior lawmakers who came to the square where the cold wind blew day and night, the party members, and the unknown citizens who stopped on their way to hold our insufficient hands, as well as the People Power we faced through sleepless nights.”