The steering committee is engaged in a dispute over "intervention in the nomination"..."False explanation." "One-sided argument."

Audit of the Steering Committee for the Presidential Office...Suspicions of 'nomination intervention' conflict
President "I asked you to do Kim Young-sun" transcript public scandal
Opposition "False Explanation"…Jeong Jinseok said, "Lies are equal".

[Anchor]
While the disclosure of the currency development between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Myung Tae-kyun caused considerable repercussions, the ruling and opposition parties clashed over suspicions of "intervention in the nomination" during the parliamentary audit of the National Assembly Steering Committee today.

The opposition party pressured the president's office that it had distanced itself from Mr. Myung for being false, and the ruling party responded by saying that the Democratic Party of Korea raised unilateral suspicions.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Son Hyo-jung!

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

[Anchor]
In the audit of the steering committee, the recordings released yesterday and the suspicion of the president and his wife intervening in the nomination were the biggest issues, right?

[Reporter]
In the National Assembly Steering Committee's parliamentary audit of the presidential office and others, the ruling and opposition parties focused on suspicions of intervening in the nomination of President Yoon.

The recording in question was made on May 9, 2022, a day before the inauguration of the president and the announcement of nominations for by-elections two years ago,
When President Yoon
said to the effect that he asked the Public Official Commission to nominate Kim Young-sun, Myung replied, "I will not forget grace for the rest of my life."

The opposition party accused the president's explanation that he had cut off contact with Myung after the presidential election was false,
Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok
countered that the explanation was not a lie because it relied on memory, and that the suspicion of intervention in the nomination was only a one-sided claim by the Democratic Party.

[Yoon Jong-gun / Democratic Party member: After the primary, we didn't text the president, we didn't talk on the phone, you said. That's a lie, isn't it?]

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: The presidential office's notification is that he has not interacted with or contacted Myung Tae-kyun during the presidential election since the primary.]

[Yoon Jong-gun / Minjoo Party member: So you want to argue that it's not a lie?]]

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: I think it's too much to make it equal just because it's a lie]

The president's office stressed that the recording was not legally, politically, or in common sense.

[Jeong Jin-seok / Presidential Chief of Staff: The president's office clearly confirms that there is nothing wrong with the recording, politically, legally, and common sense]

The ruling party also said that the recording released by the Democratic Party of Korea was not compiled, and that it was a planned revelation to protect Lee Jae-myung, who is about to be sentenced in the first trial.

[Kang Myung-koo / People's Power: It's not enough to unilaterally call witnesses to the National Assembly to protect Lee Jae-myung's father and shame him and talk nonsense, so it doesn't work anymore, so it seems like he's been revealing things like crazy since yesterday, but the Democratic Party-style political maneuver kills people and this is violence.]

Prior to the start of the full-fledged questioning, the ruling and opposition parties also shouted over the issue of Kim Gun-hee and the attendance of general witnesses in the presidential office.

The opposition party pressured them to issue an accompanying order and file a complaint if they do not attend by 2 p.m., while the ruling party protested, calling it a unilateral adoption of witnesses.

[Anchor]
After the recording was released yesterday, please tell us the atmosphere within the ruling party in detail.

[Reporter]
First of all, the leadership is reticent and reticent in its official response.

Representative Han Dong-hoon has remained silent, and floor leader Choo Kyung-ho told reporters after the meeting that he would see more of the situation even though he was shaking the opposition's regime.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: There are no legal problems and some of the recordings are short, so we'll look at the situation more because it's still difficult to say exactly]
The Democratic Party of Korea has announced additional disclosures, and plans to adjust the level of response when specific facts are confirmed after watching the National Audit of the Steering Committee.

However, the ruling party, which judged that there was no "direct basis" for nomination intervention, apparently became embarrassed when the president's development was disclosed.

First of all, at the time of recording with the pro-Yoon-gye as the center, President Yoon defended himself with the logic that it was not an intervention in the nomination because he was not a public servant, but a signature.

Kwon Young-se, a former unification minister of the Yoon Suk Yeol government, also said in a radio interview that when he asked President Yoon directly, he said he did not have a deep relationship with Myung, adding that he had no legal issues.

However, there are also complaints that it is difficult to defend the president unconditionally in the face of controversy over the "false explanation" in the presidential office.

In a phone call with YTN, Rep. Chin-gye said, "It doesn't make sense to argue that there is nothing wrong with being the president-elect, and criticized that we should at least feel sorry for the people."

In the face of growing bad news from Yongsan, some say that the special inspector, who Han Dong-hoon proposed as a reform plan, is not enough to resolve the controversy.

However, the opinion that the president's office should clearly clarify the suspicion and make a breakthrough, including personnel reform, is gaining convincing power not only from close circles but also from pro-Yoon circles.

[Anchor]
The Democratic Party of Korea, which released the recording of President Yoon, is raising the level of its rental offensive, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party of Korea has put pressure on the president, calling it a political emergency, saying it has been confirmed by the recording that the president actually directed the nomination.

Representative Lee Jae-myung voiced at the Supreme Council today that the government's state administration is composed of random criminal acts, calling it a truly criminal state administration.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader: I've never seen a regime like this where illegality is rampant in the election process, after the election and in the process of state administration.]

Floor leader Park Chan-dae also pointed out that the presidential office's explanation is absurd sophistry, and Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok also argued in a radio interview that it would be meaningless except for the excuse that he talked in his sleep.

As we are seriously aware of the situation, the speed of response is increasing.

An emergency joint meeting involving lawmakers and out-of-house regional chairmen has been urgently convened, and tomorrow, the party will focus its power on the ruling party's offensive by holding an outdoor rally.

In addition to the recordings released yesterday, the Democratic Party said the evidence obtained was considerable, signaling further revelations.

However, the party leadership has not officially mentioned impeachment of the president yet.

Analysts say the intention is to wait until a decisive smoking case comes out, saying that it could lead to the consolidation of the ruling camp after prematurely attempting to propose an impeachment motion.

So far, I'm Son Hyo-jung of YTN in the National Assembly.