On the 12th, the Democratic Party launched a counterattack against the People Power Party's attack on President Lee Jae-myung's 'Emperor Golf', calling it 'stalking' and 'flawing absurdity.'
In response to the opposition party's attack that President Lee was playing golf on the day the Daegu commercial building collapse accident occurred, he defended himself by saying, "I maintained my working posture."
At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on this day, Supreme Council member Park Seon-won said, "The President was said to have been at the Taereung fitness center at the time of the accident, and the military's fitness center is his workplace," adding, "He did not go on a vacation to a private golf course."
Supreme Council member Park emphasized, “The President was always ready to work and receive additional situation reports and give instructions.”
Rep. Park Ji-won wrote on Facebook, "Don't argue about the President's golf on his holiday, but look at the beam in your own eyes. The President is also a human being. Even a workaholic needs rest, and even a machine will break down if it runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Criticism was also focused on People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo, who led the 'golf offensive'.
Supreme Council member Choi Min-hee said at the meeting, "Isn't it unreasonable to connect the accident with the president's holiday movements?" and criticized, "Couldn't Rep. Joo be a little less prone to criticizing the president, which makes no sense?"
In a briefing held at the National Assembly, floor spokesperson Lee Joo-hee pointed out, "Rep. Joo's stalking of the President has gone far beyond the limit," and "He has continued to make ridiculous accusations and accusations, taking issue with the President's every move."
Representative Lee said, "Rep. Joo, as the legal secretary of the Yoon Seok-yeol government, was consistently silent about former President Yoon Seok-yeol's frequent drinking, frequent tardiness, and numerous neglects of work," and added, "I can only feel sorry for the people who pay Rep. Joo's expenses."
The Democratic Party also continued its offensive against independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon.
The Democratic Party is raising suspicions that Rep. Han, who was the Minister of Justice at the time, intervened in 2022 when the police, who were investigating allegations of ghostwriting and plagiarism in a thesis by Rep. Han's daughter, requested international criminal justice cooperation from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, but the prosecution refused.
Supreme Council member Han Min-soo criticized, “Rep. Han is demanding a strict investigation from others, and is responding to suspicions about his own family with harsh words, calling them delusional.”
Supreme Council member Jeon Yong-gi also said, "Let's investigate Rep. Han no more, no less, just like Cho Kuk. I hope he at least applies the same standards to his daughter that Rep. Han used to others. From my perspective, the controversy over Cho Kuk (Cho Kuk Innovation Party), director of the Innovation Policy Research Institute, is a new blood compared to the allegations against Rep. Han's children."
Quoting the report in a written briefing, floor spokesperson Jeon Eun-soo said, "The police did not apply for a search and seizure warrant even once while investigating this case for 1 year and 8 months," and added, "It is said that the only investigation into the suspects involved was a single written investigation into the spouse of a lawmaker."
Former floor spokesperson pointed out, "The police's request for cooperation and the prosecution's decision not to send the case were all made when Rep. Han was serving as Minister of Justice," adding, "The public is asking whether closing the case without a compulsory investigation and sufficient investigation of those involved was a 'passive investigation.'"
The Democratic Party maintained 'coverage of Representative Kim' in response to the re-summoning and offensive of a lawmaker who proposed a bill related to the children of Representative Kim Min-seok by Democratic Party Representative Kang Deuk-gu in 2023.
Representative Kim's son participated in a club aimed at preventing plagiarism during his high school days, and Rep. Kang actually proposed a bill related to plagiarism prevention. One lawmaker claimed that this was 'privatization of public offices by the Democratic Party for Kim Min-seok's children.'
In response, Jo Gye-won's spokesperson said on CBS Radio, "If my son worked hard to create a good bill, should he be praised or criticized?"
