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Former lawmaker Tae-seop Geum is attending a retrial by the Party Ethics Tribunal held at the Democratic Party’s company along with Yeouido on the afternoon of June 29. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]Former lawmaker Geum Tae-seop, who declared a run for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election next year, said in his passport on the 26th that he claimed the impeachment of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, “Please stop wasteful work and concentrate on what is really important.”
On this day, Rep. Geum said on his Facebook page, “The ruling party lawmakers are now pushing for impeachment,” and “It’s nothing but a sleazy trick to get some scores from so-called strong supporters.
Geum Jeon pointed out, “We threw away all the opportunities to politically resolve the conflict between the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General and focused on judicial treatment.”
Ahead of the former lawmaker, Kim Doo-gwan, a Democratic Party lawmaker, said on the 25th that “the court made an absurd decision” and that “the National Assembly will prepare a proposal for impeachment of President Yun.”
The following is the full text of former Congressman Tae-seop Geum on Facebook.
When the Constitutional Court cites the impeachment of a public official, the main sentence is “to pardon 000”. In other words, in order to impeach a public official apart from all other requirements, there must be a serious constitutional or legal violation that constitutes dismissal.
The disciplinary disciplinary committee of the Ministry of Justice imposed on Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol for two months is honesty. This means that even if both Minister Choo Mi-ae and the Ministry of Justice are all correct, it is not the reason for the dismissal. Impeachment is like admitting that it is impossible in the first place. Nevertheless, the ruling party lawmakers’ advocacy for impeachment is no less than a sleazy trick to get some points from the so-called strong supporters.
The people are uneasy. The number of corona confirmed cases exceeds 1,000 every day. An increasing number of people die without being properly treated. Young people are frustrated by the frozen job statement, and many people are worried because of the pre-generation. Is it time to do something like this when you’re sick?
The mission of politics is to select the most difficult problems that our society has encountered and to gather forces to find the answers. It’s the politics of unity that brings people of different opinions head-to-head together to find their way.
It is really unacceptable to throw away all the opportunities to politically resolve the conflict between the Justice Minister and the Prosecutor General and stick to the judicial process. Now, by impeaching the people again, it is really unacceptable. Our society is facing a crisis that we have never experienced before. Please stop wasteful work and concentrate on what really matters. There is no more time and energy to waste.
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