Han Byung-do blasts the People Power Party over calls to impeach Lee: “A festival of abusive rhetoric ... forgetting the weight of the Constitution”

[Financial News] Han Byung-do, the DPK floor leader, criticized the People Power Party on the 9th, saying, “Last weekend’s street rally by the People Power Party was, in a word, a festival of vile rhetoric and abusive remarks.”
At a Supreme Council meeting held that day in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, Han said, “The People Power Party called the president elected by the people an escaped convict and even invoked a straw-mat beating as it called for impeachment.” He added, “Impeaching a president is not a political slogan to be casually wielded to rally the party or show off its strength.”
He sharply rebuked the party, saying, “To make light of an issue that could shake the constitutional order as if it were nothing is a perilous idea that forgets the weight of the Constitution.” He added, “Even after two presidents from their own party were impeached, they still fail to grasp how serious this is. At this point, that level of shamelessness is a sickness.”
He went on to say, “The People Power Party must withdraw its remarks about impeaching the president and apologize immediately.” He added, “The DPK will not stand idly by on this matter. We will use every means at our disposal to hold them fully accountable.”
He also said, “The People Power Party portrayed the special counsel probe into alleged fabricated indictments—which seeks to uncover suspicions of prosecutorial abuse—as an insurrection and a coup.” He added, “For the People Power Party, which is responsible for Yoon Suk Yeol’s illegal declaration of emergency martial law, to dare use such words is the height of shamelessness and shows a complete disregard for the nation’s constitutional history.”
Han said the People Power Party, which had claimed to be concerned about stock prices and people’s livelihoods, would once again take its campaign outside the National Assembly today (the 9th) and tomorrow (the 10th). “Now is not the time to fuel political strife outside the National Assembly. This is a precious opportunity to focus on the regular session and budget deliberations. The DPK will remain steadfast in protecting people’s livelihoods and securing the budget for people’s livelihoods, whatever the obstruction or incitement,” he said.  

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