Yoo Sang-beom "No Reason to Join Emergency Committee... Are Robbers and Drunk Violence Offenders the Same?"

Yoo Sang-beom, the chief spokesperson of the People Power Party, drew a line against speculations that if the Democratic Party of Korea falls into trouble due to judicial risks and shifts to a non-standing committee system, the People Power Party would also switch to such a system. He said, "There is no reason to do so."

On the 3rd, on KBS's 'Choi Kyung-young's Strongest Current Affairs,' Yoo stated, "It sounds like saying that punishing a simple robber and simply going out drinking and committing a violent incident should be treated the same way."

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He explained that the risks faced by the Democratic Party and the People Power Party differ in magnitude. He said, "The issue with Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader, is that the judicial risk he carries is significant, and there was even a party constitution amendment process to prevent him from losing his position during judicial proceedings," adding, "Internal issues like those involving lawmaker Tae Young-ho are relatively incomparable."

Regarding Japanese Prime Minister Kishida's visit to Korea on the 7th and 8th, he said, "At the US-Korea summit, Biden repeatedly expressed gratitude to President Yoon Seok-yeol for decisions advancing the US-Korea relationship, which, from Japan's perspective, is an implicit signal urging Japan to take concrete actions to improve Korea-Japan relations," adding, "there is a strong atmosphere in Japan to interpret it this way."

He continued, "From Prime Minister Kishida's standpoint, after the Korea-Japan summit, he achieved an overwhelming victory in the April local elections and gained 50% approval ratings. Most experts believe that normalizing Korea-Japan relations now would also benefit his politics," and said, "Prime Minister Kishida is expected to make a statement comparable to or exceeding the apology declarations of Kim Dae-jung and Obuchi."