A series of 'Myeong Tae-kyun transcripts' mentioned by the president and his wife were released... the ruling party distancing itself from self-indulgence.

[Anchor]
Ahead of the parliamentary audit of the presidential office the day after tomorrow (1st), a recording of the phone call of Myung Tae-kyun, a key figure in the suspicion of Kim Gun-hee's intervention in the nomination, is being released one after another.

The key is to suspect public opinion manipulation during the last presidential election and suspicions of Yoon Suk Yeol's involvement in the party affairs, but the ruling camp is questioning the credibility.

I'm reporter Na Hye-in.

[Reporter]
In September 2021, ahead of the People's Power presidential race, Myung Tae-kyun ordered Kang Hye-kyung, an employee of the pollster Future Korea Research Institute, to conduct the U.S. public announcement's own investigation several times.

I even took care of the specific survey questions, but I also talked as if I had communicated directly with the prospective candidate at the time of the Yoon Suk Yeol.

[Myeong Tae Gyun (Calling Kang Hye-kyung on September 30, 2021)] Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoo Seung Min, and who's next? Hong Joon Pyo, and Hwang Kyo-ahn.." "I'd like you to do it quickly. I called President Yoon earlier and he was curious....]


is in denial, but allegations have also been raised that he fabricated the results of the poll.

Kang Hye-kyung argues that Myung conducted a poll for Yoon Suk Yeol candidate at the time and won the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun in the by-elections held immediately after the presidential election in return.

When former lawmaker Kim succeeded in his fifth term by-elections, Myung's voice, which refers to the president and his wife, was also newly revealed, advising on whether to seek the position of vice chairman of the National Assembly.

[Myeong Tae-gyun (On the phone of Kang Hye-kyung on July 1, 2022): That person was made by the president. When I talk about the vice speaker of the National Assembly, I'm thinking about it, I always express it like that.... You can't go out without an order from the president or your wife.]


is claiming that Kang Hye-kyung, who raised the suspicion, is falsely accusing her.


Kang's work ability was undermined, refuted that the poll was not fabricated, but corrected for analysis of the situation, and explained to the effect that mentioning First Lady Kim Gun-hee was a bluff.

However, the Democratic Party of Korea launched a fact-finding organization at the party level, saying that Mrs. Kim went beyond intervening in the nomination and manipulated state affairs with Myung.

[Hwang Jung-ah / Minjoo Party spokesperson: President Yoon Suk Yeol must answer the public's question of who is the real president. The only way to break the manipulation of state affairs is by Kim Gun-hee, the special prosecutor.

The passport looks distant from Myung.

While focusing on improving the system by proposing the so-called "Myeongtae bacillus Prevention Act" to prevent illegal public opinion polls, he has not responded to the revelations surrounding Myung.

[Yoon Sang-hyun / People's Power: There are aspects of showing off and exaggerating with certain basic facts, so I don't know the exact truth.]

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon Pyo, who was a contender for the presidential nomination, also said he did not intend to take issue, saying that even if Myung had manipulated public opinion, the result would not have changed.

While the prosecution's investigation into Myung Tae-kyun is underway, the opposition party seems to be using the allegations as a driving force for Kim's special prosecutor's offensive.

The ruling party is confronting that the opposition party is causing political strife with allegations that are not real, so the last parliamentary audit of the presidential office is also expected to be a slugfest.

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN.

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