Minjoo, President Yoon and Myung Tae-kyun reveal 'suspected nomination intervention' currency development

Minjoo unveils call between President Yoon and Myung Tae-kyun at emergency press conference
"Contents of the call exchanged before the 2022 by-elections"
Minjoo"President Yoon mentioned nomination of Kim Young-sun to Myung Tae-kyun"
"Myeong Tae-gyun demonstrates 'contributing to Kim Young-sun' with the call"

[Anchor]
In addition, the Democratic Party of Korea has revealed the fostering of the currency exchanged between Myung Tae-kyun, a key figure in Kim Gun-hee's alleged intervention in the nomination of first lady, and President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The call was reportedly made ahead of the June 2022 by-elections, which are expected to be controversial as it contains circumstantial evidence of intervention in the nomination.

I'll connect you to a reporter and find out more. Reporter Jeong Inyong!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
In the meantime, there has been only a message, but it is the first time that the phone conversation between Myung Tae-kyun and President Yoon Suk Yeol has been known.

Please tell us specifically what stories have been told.

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party of Korea released a recording of a call between Myung Tae-kyun and President Yoon, a key figure in the alleged intervention of Kim Gun-hee's nomination at an emergency press conference today.

The Democratic Party claimed that the call was made on May 9, ahead of the June 2022 by-elections, when Kim Young-sun, a former member of the People's Power, was nominated for Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.President

Yoon mentioned to Myung at the time that he brought something to him at the nomination committee without specifying the target, but let's listen to the following remarks.

[Kim Yoon Suk Yeol / Then-President-elect (May 9, 2022): I've been running hard since the election, so I asked him to do it, but the party is talking a lot]

[Myeong Tae-gyun] (May 9, 2022: I will never forget your kindness. Thank you.]

The Democratic Party actually claimed that the nomination was made on May 10, the next day, and that it was a development to prove that President Yoon intervened in the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun.

is said to have told this to those around him, showing off his contribution to the nomination since the election of former lawmaker Kim.

In the meantime, the recordings of Myung's phone call have been released several times, but this is the first time that the voice of having a direct conversation with President Yoon has been released, so it is expected to cause a stir.

In particular, the presidential office explained that President Yoon remembered that he had never exchanged text messages or talked to Myung since the presidential election on the 8th, which is contrary to this.

Kang Hye-kyung, former lawmaker Kim's accounting manager, raised suspicions that former lawmaker Kim was nominated in exchange for an "illegal poll" of then-candidate Yoon Suk Yeol during the last presidential election.

has acknowledged that former lawmaker Kim partially paid for the poll, but has denied that it is true that it is the price of the nomination.

The Democratic Party said the number of transcripts obtained was significant, suggesting the possibility of disclosing additional details.

[Anchor]
What position did the ruling party take on Lee's recording?

Please also tell us the atmosphere of the ruling party.

[Reporter]
First of all, Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun, who was the chairman of the nomination management committee during the 2022 by-elections, denied the suspicion that there could be no reporting of nomination data to then-elect Yoon Suk Yeol.

At the same time, he dismissed that President Yoon had never even given an order regarding the nomination, saying that he had nominated the candidates with clear principles and standards.Let's listen to



[Yoon Sang-hyun / National People's Power: I don't think it's possible to say that it was brought from the officialdom committee. I've never taken 100% of it. There's no reason for the mission committee members to take it, either. I don't really understand what that means...]

Kwon Sung-dong, a member of the People's Power, also argued that it was an act of election interference, just as former President Park Geun Hye was convicted,
President
Yoon refuted that the content was completely different from that of former President Park, saying that he could talk about his political opinion from the perspective of the president-elect at the time.

He also dismissed the conversation as a reason for impeachment because it appears to be a conversation he had as the president-elect.

[Anchor]
I'll also look into the situation of each party.

The ruling party is speeding up the push for a special inspector, and the opposition party is speeding up the revision of the rules of the permanent special prosecution?

[Reporter]
Yes, Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, who emphasized the implementation of the special inspector at the press conference on the 100th day of his inauguration yesterday (30th), mentioned the issue of special inspection again today.Representative

Han said that the Democratic Party is unlikely to voluntarily end its excessive and excessive offensive on the negative issue of the ruling party, stressing that it is necessary to appoint a special inspector now. Let's listen to it.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of People's Power: It is necessary to appoint a special inspector to prevent future misconduct in order to focus on the people's livelihood without spending time and energy defending the (Democratic Party's) offensives, and to ease the concerns of the people and their supporters...]

He added that the government and the ruling party should do many other things during the remaining two-and-a-half-year term to be evaluated by the people and re-create the government.

Floor leader Choo Kyung-ho held a closed-door meeting with senior lawmakers over the issue of special inspection today, and many said the party should not be divided, refusing to say whether or not to approve the special inspection or at the time of the parliamentary session.

The Democratic Party of Korea is speeding up its push for a permanent special prosecutor targeting First Lady Kim Gun-hee with a large number of seats.

The National Assembly Steering Committee, which is currently conducting a parliamentary audit of the National Human Rights Commission, plans to deal with the revision of the permanent special prosecution rules as soon as the parliamentary inspection is over.

The amendment includes excluding the ruling party's right to recommend a permanent special prosecutor if the president or the president's family is subject to investigation. Let's hear from the background of the Democratic Party's push for a permanent special prosecutor.

[Jang Kyung-tae / Democratic Party lawmaker (YTN Radio 'News Fighting Bae Seung-hee'): President Yoon Suk Yeol has a lot of veto power and is a former prosecutor, so it is hard to expect a prosecution investigation in a situation where he has complete control of the prosecution organization. Permanent special prosecutors cannot exercise their veto power.]

The Democratic Party plans to deal with the amendment at the plenary session on the 14th of next month, but since the president cannot exercise his right to demand reconsideration, it is expected to be implemented after the plenary session passes.

The Democratic Party is also pushing to strengthen the National Assembly's right to deliberate on the government's budget.

Today, we plan to try to pass a bill that will prevent next year's budget from being automatically submitted to the plenary session even after the legal deadline for budget review.

The ruling party is protesting that the revision of the permanent special prosecution rule violates the separation of powers and proposes the exercise of the right to request reconsideration on the abolition of the automatic budget bill.

This is YTN Jeong Yong-yong in the National Assembly so far.