The decision was based on the judgement that it would be inappropriate for the president to attend and address the opening ceremony of the National Assembly. A presidential office official said, "First, we need to normalize the National Assembly, which has been appointing special prosecutors and making impeachment motions too frequently, and then we need to move forward with the plan."
"It is appropriate to invite him from the beginning," he said. "I wonder if he will be able to attend the event, given that he was invited in a situation where he was holding a picket demonstration and that his intentions are suspected to be humiliating."
Finally, in response to Jung Hyun-hee, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party, calling President Yoon a murderer, he expressed concern that the president would be
"He made such outrageous remarks without hesitation and has not apologized," he said. This is the first time since South Korea became a democrat in 1987 that a sitting president has not attended the opening ceremony of the National Assembly.
2024/09/02 05:06 KST
Copyrights(C) Herald wowkorea.jp 104