“The ruling get together chief’s resolution to be the second-highest nationwide meeting speaker was unsuitable.” Criticized even inside Roh
Woo Sang-ho criticizes ‘My coronary heart is Chu Mi-ae’
秋 Explicitly “serving to Lee Jae-myung’s presidential marketing campaign”
Criticism inside the get together for “blatantly claiming to be a operating mate”
Relating to the truth that the pro-Myung (pro-Lee Jae-myung) faction, led by Lee Jae-myung, chief of the Democratic Social gathering of Korea, successfully supported President-elect Choo Mi-ae because the candidate for Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting for the primary half of the twenty second Nationwide Meeting, even inside the get together, “It’s unsuitable for the (get together) chief to determine who’s second within the hierarchy of energy within the Republic of Korea.” There was criticism.
Democratic Social gathering lawmaker Woo Sang-ho (4th time period) mentioned this in a cellphone name on the 14th, saying, “Even when there are elements that the get together chief or ground chief could also be involved about, lawmakers must be allowed to determine (on the candidate for chairman). “If we artificially intervene and manage the candidate construction, we’re limiting the choices of lawmakers,” he mentioned. That is criticism of ground chief Park Chan-dae and others recommending that Reps. Jo Jung-sik and Jeong Seong-ho not run for the chairman election. Rep. Woo mentioned, “As a matter of customized, the get together management has maintained neutrality in inner elections,” and added, “I’m involved in regards to the weakening of democracy inside the get together.”
In the meantime, President-elect Choo appealed for assist, saying, “(If I grow to be Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting), it is going to be useful to Consultant Lee, who’s operating for the presidency,” and that he has the ‘clear intention’ (Consultant Lee Jae-myung’s intention). President-elect Chu additionally mentioned, “If the legislation proposed by the bulk get together might be handed successfully and carried out as a coverage that touches the individuals, it is going to be useful to Consultant Lee, the subsequent robust presidential candidate.” Accordingly, there was criticism even inside the get together, asking, “Are you saying that the Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting goes to blatantly name himself a presidential operating mate?”
There was additionally criticism that President-elect Choo’s excessively hard-line stance may have an adversarial impact on the get together’s approval score. Choi Jae-seong, former senior presidential secretary for political affairs, mentioned, “I’m involved about whether or not (President-elect Choo) will be capable to lead a political get together with a small variety of seats or ‘eight-vote politics’ whereas undermining his neutrality because the Nationwide Meeting speaker.” ‘8 votes’ refers back to the votes remaining after subtracting 192 seats from the pan-opposition get together out of 200 seats that may neutralize the president’s proper to request reconsideration (veto) within the Nationwide Meeting.
Reporter Eunji Kim eunji@donga.com
