Key Summary
- The Reform Party said it had proposed a joint campaign with the People Power Party to block a special counsel bill related to alleged fabricated prosecution.
- Acting committee chair Lee Ki-in said Reform Party members are discussing possible protest tactics.
- Lee also called on President Lee Jae-myung to personally exercise a veto instead of shifting responsibility to the prime minister and Cabinet ministers.
Main Story
The Reform Party has asked the People Power Party to join forces in opposing a special counsel bill tied to what it described as fabricated prosecution allegations. The proposal was disclosed by acting committee chair Lee Ki-in after a party meeting on the day of the remarks.
Lee said the party had suggested working together with the People Power Party and added that Reform Party members were still discussing how to carry out the protest campaign. He made the comments in response to questions from reporters about whether the party had a response plan for the special counsel issue.
He also referred to a forum on metropolitan-area housing reform, which was co-hosted by People Power Party lawmaker Cho Jung-hoon and Reform Party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok. Lee said that since the two parties had come together for the forum, he hoped they could speak openly there as well.
During the same meeting, Lee cited a message reportedly sent in July of last year by the wife of the late Kim Moon-ki. He said the message described their daughter crying alone in a bathroom when friends talked about politics at university. Lee then urged President Lee Jae-myung not to pass responsibility to the prime minister and Cabinet members, but to exercise a veto himself.
Background
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- The exact scope and legal status of the referenced special counsel bill are not explained in the supplied text.
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- Lee Ki-in’s call for President Lee Jae-myung to personally use a veto is a political demand, not a verified fact.