Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, met with Hwang Woon-ha, the floor leader of the Joguk Innovation Party, on the 10th and agreed to jointly respond to prosecution reform.
On the morning of the same day, Park visited Hwang at the National Assembly Members' Office Building and said, "I want to have a truly wonderful competition of reform and innovation with the Joguk Innovation Party." He added, "We experienced in the 21st National Assembly the lesson that if we do not reform and are not fair, it affects competitiveness," and said, "In the 22nd National Assembly, we will not give up either reform or livelihood, which are two sides of the same coin."
In response, Hwang said, "I have high expectations for Floor Leader Park's statement that he will show the image of a reform National Assembly, and I agree that reform is livelihood and livelihood is reform," adding, "I fully agree that the failure of prosecution reform led to prosecution dictatorship, prosecution dictatorship led to political disappearance, and political disappearance caused livelihood collapse." He also added, "We will show the public good legislative cooperation (with the Democratic Party) for livelihood and reform."
Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (right), is visiting Hwang Un-ha, floor leader of the Innovation Party of Korea, at the National Assembly Members' Office Building on the 10th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@
The two floor leaders showed a warm atmosphere by shaking hands and putting their heads together during the welcoming greetings. Park Sung-jun, the senior deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party, Jeong Chun-saeng, the senior deputy floor leader of the Joguk Innovation Party, and Shin Jang-sik, the spokesperson of the Joguk Innovation Party, also attended.
In the subsequent private talks, they also discussed the Special Prosecutor Act related to Sergeant Chae and the Special Prosecutor Act related to Han Dong-hoon. Regarding the Special Prosecutor Act for Sergeant Chae, it is known that they reaffirmed their determination to reapprove it in the plenary session ahead of the re-vote scheduled for the 25th.
Kang Mi-jung, spokesperson of the Joguk Innovation Party, told reporters after the meeting, "The two floor leaders said they agree on the major agenda that politics belongs to the people and that they must be in tune with the flow of public opinion," and added, "They cooperated on prosecution tyranny, and Floor Leader Park expressed comradely sympathy regarding the Special Prosecutor Act for Han Dong-hoon." Senior spokesperson Shin Jang-sik added regarding prosecution reform, "They agreed to jointly respond to three or four prosecution reform bills immediately after the formation of the National Assembly."
Starting with Floor Leader Hwang, Floor Leader Park plans to meet sequentially with the floor leaders of five minor opposition parties, including the Green Party, New Future, Reform New Party, and Basic Income Party.
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