National Power "Cho Hee-dae, the founder of the nation, grounds for the impeachment of President Lee... National resistance will begin"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Daun Lee Yu-lip = On the 27th, when the Democratic Party of Korea decided to conduct a state investigation into Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, the People Power Party protested, saying, "This is grounds for impeachment of President Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party of Korea."

Floor leader Jeong Jeong-sik met with reporters at the National Assembly that day and said, "It is more despicable and vicious than impeachment. It is a blatant oppression of the judiciary and a clear violation of the separation of powers."

Floor leader Jeong said, "What is the reason and basis for the national anthem? Did Chief Justice Cho acquit Mayor Oh Se-hoon, or did he exercise authority that has no basis in the Constitution?" He criticized, "This is violent 'Lee Ji-me politics' that demonizes and harasses one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in order to alleviate the political crisis between President Lee and Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok."

At the same time, he said, “This national anthem is unconstitutional and an attempt to enslave the judiciary,” and emphasized, “The People Power Party will mobilize all means to fight against the vicious ruling party’s overthrow of the national anthem. We will engage in strong pan-national resistance.”

In response to a question about specific response measures, such as an off-site rally, floor leader Jeong explained, "We plan to hold a general meeting of lawmakers in the near future to discuss response plans with our party members," and added, "We have a principle that we must take all possible measures."

Representative Jang Dong-hyuk was delivering a greeting at the general meeting of the party's National Women's Local Council held at the National Assembly Hall on this day, when he received the news that the ruling party had decided to hold a national memorial for Chief Justice Cho at the general meeting of members.

Representative Jang said, "The national investigation is a prelude to impeachment," and added, "By suspending Chief Justice Cho's duties, he will be prevented from being involved in judicial personnel appointments for next year, and if the trial ends with a 'dismissal', it will end as if nothing happened, so we are carrying out a national investigation to somehow impeach him by the end of this year."

He pointed out, “It has become a familiar thing because the Democratic Party has been impeaching people like buying kimbap or bowl noodles while passing by a convenience store. Is it possible for them to conduct a national investigation and push for impeachment to prevent judges from exercising their right to appoint judges for fear of resuming the presidential trial, something that could happen in the Republic of Korea, a country ruled by law?”

“Our resistance has now become a duty. It is not an option,” he said, emphasizing that “if we do not want to allow the Republic of Korea to turn into a dictatorship under the Lee Jae-myung administration, we must fight and resist together.”

Five-term lawmaker Na Kyung-won, who attended the same event, raised her voice in her greeting, saying, "At this point, I think it's grounds for disbanding the political party," and added, "The longer the Lee Jae-myung administration continues, the more harmful it is to the country. Let's end it quickly."

Park Chung-kwon, the party's chief spokesperson, said in a commentary, "At today's general meeting of lawmakers, floor leader Han Byeong-do linked the commutation of the sentences of Han Deok-soo and Park Sung-jae and the acquittal of Yoon Seok-yeol and Oh Se-hoon with 'politicization of the judiciary'. Since no ruling was made to their liking, they said they would investigate starting with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court," adding, "The People Power Party will protect the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary until the end."