フィリバスター中に居眠りする国民の力の崔秀珍議員(左)と金玟甸議員(右)
People's Power lawmakers fall asleep during filibuster, sparking controversy... Rep. Inyohan: ”The media should not be criticized” (South Korea)
On the 3rd, the People's Power Party (ruling party) was seen falling asleep during a filibuster (unlimited debate) at the National Assembly plenary session in order to prevent the passage of the "Private Choi Special Prosecution Act," and was reprimanded.
Rep. Choi Su-jin and Rep. Kim Min-jeong of the People Power Party, who received the apology, apologized, saying, "I was so tired that I fell asleep." However, Rep. In Yo-han of the same party responded,
On the 4th, during an SBS radio program, Kim Tae Hyeong's Political Show, the Indian lawmaker said, "The media should be criticized," and that it was inappropriate for him to take sides and criticize the lawmakers for falling asleep during the show.
Regarding the media that reported on the incident, he said, "How can someone hold back their sleepiness? The media should be criticized."
The Indian lawmaker said, "I also slept this morning. It was early morning, so the photo was probably taken at the time.
"It seems that there is no such thing, but how can people resist (sleepiness)? Please don't make it look childish," he said. However, contrary to the Indian lawmaker's claims, the controversial lawmakers' sleeping habits are
They were spotted at around 5 p.m., about an hour after the open-ended debate began. Rep. Choi and Rep. Kim were the same party's Yoo Sa-il, who had been the first to run a filibuster in the National Assembly plenary session the previous day.
Rep. Yoo Sang-beom caused controversy when he was caught on camera sleeping with his back leaning back in his chair just after he began his opposition debate.
Then, on the 4th, after the emergency response committee meeting, Rep. Choi, the chief spokesman for the People's Power Party, announced that
He announced the contents of the resolution of the countermeasures committee and said, "While the power of the people was appealing to the people, I was very tired and fell asleep. I apologize."
On the same day, Rep. Kim was also caught dozing off during an interview on YTN Radio's program "News Go for it, this is Bae Seung-hee."
"It's really embarrassing. Something very embarrassing has happened," Rep. Kim said. "I was at the National Assembly until recently, and the day before that I was waiting there until late at night. I work during the day,
"I study at night and at night. The day before, there was also a vision presentation, so with so many things happening at once, it was a very tough situation physically."
The lawmakers who caused controversy by falling asleep expressed their regret.
It has been pointed out that the Indian lawmaker's statement that "the media should be criticized" was inappropriate.
2024/07/05 20:59 KST
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