'Kim GunHee, spouse of President Yoon Seok-yeol,
The amendment to the bill on the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the stock price manipulation scandal involving Kim Jong Un was passed by a unanimous vote of 191 members of the assembly, with the People's Power (ruling party) not participating.
The Democratic Party narrowed the scope of its investigation to include allegations of stock price manipulation at German Motors, and election and personnel interference and government monopoly through political broker Myung Tae-gyun.
The amendment, which included the right to recommend candidates to the National Assembly, was submitted to the plenary session and voted on. According to the amendment, if the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court recommends four candidates to the National Assembly, the opposition bargaining group and non-bargaining group will each recommend one candidate.
The candidates will be narrowed down to two, and the president will appoint one of them as special prosecutor. Meanwhile, the People's Power Party did not participate in the vote. Prior to this, Ahn Cheol-il, who had argued for the need for a special prosecutor,
Ahn Cheol-soo, a lawmaker from the People's Power Party, also did not vote. Ahn told reporters, "(The right to recommend a third party for the amendment) is to be recommended by the Democratic Party and other opposition parties. In terms of the third party recommendation that I'm talking about,
It does not go along with my principles,” he said. The newly passed Special Prosecutor's Act on Special Investigations by Kim Kun-hee is also expected to go through a reconsideration process in the National Assembly as it faces President Yoon Seok-yeol's veto power.
2024/11/14 21:01 KST
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