Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, makes a statement before a meeting of leaders of the ruling and opposition parties held in Yeouido, Seoul on September 1. (Joint Coverage)2024.9.1/News1 ⓒ News1 Photographer Lee Kwang-ho,
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, “(Seoul=News1) Senior Reporter Park Tae-hoon = When Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, brought up the ‘preparation rumor for martial law,’ the ruling party criticized it as ‘absurd’ and ‘Did you see a ghost.'”,
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, ‘The opposition party insists, “There are reports of the situation,” and is fueling the fire.’,
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, ‘On the 1st, the representative mentioned the recent talks on martial law, saying, “There is talk of declaring martial law to prevent the National Assembly from demanding the lifting of martial law.”‘He added, “The presidential office immediately responded, saying, “It is unthinkable from a common sense standpoint, even if it is declared, looking at the current structure of the National Assembly, it is obvious that it will be lifted (immediately upon approval by the majority) and it would attract tremendous criticism and backlash, so why would we impose martial law?” “It is truly an unreasonable political attack,” he said.’,
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, ‘The ruling party further attacked on the 2nd, saying that the Democratic Party is spreading groundless rumors.’,
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, ‘Kim Jae-won, a senior official of the People Power Party, pointed out on the radio show “Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show” on CBS, “Did you see a ghost?”He said, “Whenever he has a chance to attract public attention, Lee Jae-myung has always engaged in a propaganda campaign at the level of horror stories, and even during the meeting of leaders of the ruling and opposition parties this time, it seems like he tried to plant an image of ‘imposing martial law to suppress the National Assembly’ to the people.”‘,
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, ‘He continued, “There is no possibility of an emergency situation occurring, and if martial law is declared, it is an issue that must be lifted immediately upon demand from the National Assembly, so it is ineffective, and the fact that he keeps talking about it gives the public a sense of fear and seems to be aimed at achieving political objectives.”‘,
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, ‘In response to this, Cho Seung-rae, a senior spokesperson for the Democratic Party, argued on the radio show “Kim Tae-hyun’s Political Show” on SBS, “How unreasonable is this administration, for discussions about martial law to arise?” and claimed, “In fact, there are parts within our party where such situations and discussions are being brought up.”‘,
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, ‘Cho, the spokesperson, raised his voice, saying, “We are closely monitoring such concerns and possibilities, just as there were concerns and possibilities during the time of President Trump’s administration when the legislature was stormed. There are signs and reports related to this.”‘,
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, ‘He further stated, “Running the state in an unreasonable manner by utilizing prosecutorial power to suppress the opposition, and if there is even a 0.1% possibility of utilizing military force to do something, we must block it” and countered that the mention of ‘preparations for martial law’ was made from that perspective.’\n’