People's Power Party: Five members vote in favor of the Special Prosecutor's Bill for Private Choi... Efforts to prevent additional withdrawal votes - South Korea

On the 28th, just one day before the National Assembly plenary session was to vote on the Special Prosecutor's Act, the People's Power Party (ruling party) entered into a final, all-out battle to reject or scrap the bill.
In the current situation where the number of votes for the withdrawal was so high, the government is trying to prevent any more unexpected "hidden withdrawal votes." Ahn Cheol-soo and Yoo Eui-dong, who had previously voiced their support,
Following Rep. Yoo Eui-dong, Kim Woong, and Choi Jae-hee, Rep. Kim Geun-tae also voiced his support on the same day, bringing the number of public votes in favor to five.
In a phone call with Yonhap News Agency, Rep. Kim Geun-tae said, "I am not unaware of the Democratic Party's political intentions, but as a ruling party that has been chosen by the people on the basis of values such as fairness and common sense, I will not accept this special investigation."
"It is right to remain in the EU," he said. The leadership responded by predicting that the results "will not affect the outcome of the vote."
The People Power Party has essentially decided to reject the special investigation bill as party policy and issued a "general assembly mobilization order" to its lawmakers. Over the weekend, all former and current members of the floor leadership came out, and further defections are expected.
A key member of the National Assembly spoke to Yonhap News Agency over the phone, saying, "Some of the opposition lawmakers who we tried to persuade have reaffirmed their views after we grasped the situation early on.
"There is no possibility that we will vote in favor of the bill," he said. In addition, a second vote on a bill that has been vetoed must be held when a majority of the members of the Diet are present and more than two-thirds of the members present vote.
If the bill is approved, it will be passed. The People's Power Party will have a higher chance of rejecting the bill if as many lawmakers as possible attend the plenary session. There may be more hidden withdrawal votes, such as those cast by Rep. Kim Geun-tae.
However, it is thought that it will be difficult to exceed the 17 members (295 people who are registered and in attendance) required to pass the special investigation law. Some members of the party are considering a strategy of abstaining from voting while attending the plenary session.
The bill was raised, but the National Assembly leadership dismissed it, saying, “We have not considered it at all.” Chang Dong-hyuk, chief spokesman for the People’s Power National Assembly, said in a National Assembly briefing, “We have decided to take the bill to the maximum without any other considerations.
The only way we can block the bill is for all lawmakers to attend and vote against it,” he said. The floor leadership plans to finalize the party's decision to reject the bill at a general assembly of lawmakers convened just before the plenary session begins.
At a meeting of the emergency response committee, Choo Kyung-ho, the floor leader of the People's Power, said, "Even before the results of the investigation into the nature of the incident are released, they are dragging the president into the fray and talking about impeachment.
"Dragging him into an off-site struggle and turning it into a political incident is not the way to serve the deceased."