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The ruling party passed a motion to exclude Rep. Lee Jin-sook during the National Assembly inspection, claiming that her work while serving as chairman of the Korea Communications Commission was subject to audit, and the People Power Party protested and filed a request for a provisional injunction from the Constitutional Court.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Bal-eum = The Constitutional Court partially suspended People Power Party lawmaker Lee Jin-sook's exclusion from the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee audit of state affairs.
Accordingly, Rep. Lee can attend the National Assembly audit of the Korea Media and Communications Commission held on the 22nd, but cannot speak on issues directly related to him.
The Constitutional Court made this decision on the 21st, citing part of the application for a temporary injunction filed by Rep. Lee Jin-sook.
The Constitutional Court ruled, “When suspending the audit of a member by a plenary session or committee resolution, the decision to exclude can only be made in cases where the member has a direct interest or where there are significant reasons for not being fair,” and added, “Just because there are reasons for exclusion does not mean that the audit can be comprehensively restricted.”
However, the Constitutional Court determined that grounds for exclusion were recognized for work decided or carried out by Rep. Lee while he was serving as chairman of the Korea Communications Commission.
These include cases in which Rep. Lee was accused of perjury and the appointment of a director of the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Association, which was decided by only two members of the Korea Communications Commission, and a case in which he was accused of breach of trust in connection with the use of a corporate credit card.
Previously, on the 12th, the ruling party requested and passed a motion to exclude Rep. Lee at the National Assembly's inspection of the Korea Communications Commission, claiming that there is a potential conflict of interest because the matters decided and the work performed during his tenure as chairman of the Korea Communications Commission are subject to audit.
The People Power Party protested against this and filed a request for a preliminary injunction and authority dispute adjudication to the Constitutional Court on the 15th.

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