Ruling and opposition parties, "Presidential Golf" battle... "Revenge judgment" and "Complaint against First Lady Kim"

[Anchor]
At yesterday's National Assembly Steering Committee meeting, which examines the presidential office and the security office's budget for next year, the controversy over President Yoon Suk Yeol's golf continued until late.

The opposition party decided to file a complaint against non-present witnesses, including First Lady Kim Gun-hee, signaling a budget cut in the presidential office, which the ruling party protested as retaliation for the first trial ruling by Lee Jae-myung.

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

The steering committee continues the budget review today following yesterday, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the steering committee held a budget subcommittee a while ago and began reviewing next year's budget for the presidential secretariat and the security office.

Following yesterday, the biggest issue today is expected to be the recent controversy over President Yoon Suk Yeol's golf.

The opposition party said the golf practice was not for diplomatic purposes with U.S. President-elect Trump, and that the response from the bodyguards was inappropriate, signaling a major budget cut.

On the other hand, the People's Power protested that the president's golf has never been the subject of criticism like this, and that it is an outpouring of anger against the first trial of Lee Jae-myung.

The opposition party plans to drastically reduce the presidential office budget at the subcommittee today and then vote on it at the plenary session.

The government and the ruling party are in a position that the original budget should be passed, including special activity costs, which is expected to strongly clash with the opposition party.

In the midst of this, the steering committee yesterday decided to file a complaint against about 10 witnesses, including First Lady Kim Gun-hee, for reasons such as not attending the parliamentary audit and refusing to testify.

Despite opposition party members' opposition that they could not agree to unilateral and biased witness accusations, the opposition-led accusation agenda was decided.

[Anchor]
In the meantime, representative Lee Jae-myung was convicted in the first trial of the violation of the Public Official Election Act, and the Democratic Party of Korea is also struggling with countermeasures, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, while the atmosphere within the party has been chaotic since the first trial was sentenced last week, Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung is continuing his people's livelihood again.

This morning, we will meet with local stock investors at a cafe in Yeouido to listen to their grievances, and in the afternoon, we will meet with Yoon Jin-sik, chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, to explore ways to revitalize the economy.

Representative Lee plans to continue to visit people's livelihoods in the future, which is interpreted as an intention to distract attention from judicial risks and emphasize its character as an alternative party.

However, at the party level, concerns are deepening that a strong presidential candidate's candidacy may be uncertain.

Initially, the leadership considered supporting the trial at the party level, but
An official from the leadership of the
court drew the line, saying, "We will set up a specific response plan according to the guilt of the trial, not directly considering appointing lawyers."

However, the Democratic Party of Korea is paying attention to the recent movement to declare the status of university professors, and expects the momentum for outdoor rallies to denounce the Yoon Suk Yeol regime, which are held every Saturday, to grow.

In the midst of this, attention is being paid to whether other presidential candidates other than Lee can emerge from the opposition party.

However, former lawmaker Kim Doo-kwan said in a radio interview that it is desirable for various presidential candidates in the party to compete, but he declined to say that the possibility of challenging his presidential bid is excessive.

[Anchor]
Even in the ruling party, which has been preoccupied with 'bashing Lee Jae-myung' every day since the sentence, the reform theory is raising its head again?

[Reporter]
There are voices that the demand for reform is weakening even within the power of the people, who have been raising the level of the large-scale offensive every day since Lee's first trial was sentenced.In a phone call with YTN, re-elected lawmaker
said, "If Lee Jae-myung disappears from the Democratic Party, it is the people's power to be directly hit," and called for a change in the party.

However, there are also many opinions that the ruling party and the ruling party, which have been noisy due to conflicts within the party, should criticize Chairman Lee and the opposition party in one voice.

However, CEO Han Dong-hoon, who was immersed in criticism of CEO Lee, also plans to focus on people's livelihood.

Following yesterday's meeting with the labor community, we are discussing the formation of personnel to launch a special committee on people's livelihoods this week.

Rep. Han Chin-gye stressed that representative Han should lead to reform of the party and change in the presidential office through people's livelihoods.

However, allegations of slanderous posts on party bulletin boards still remain the detonator of the party's conflict.

The pro-Yoon-gye calls for a fact-finding investigation through a party audit, saying that Han's family should clarify the suspicion that he posted a slanderous article about the Yoon Suk Yeol president and his wife.

On the other hand, the close circle refutes that it is difficult to identify individual party members under the current law, and that if the case grows, it could backfire on the ruling party like the Druking comment manipulation case in the past.

There are also voices within the party that are wary of the fact that the first unification in a long time after Lee's sentence could be disturbed by the issue of the party's bulletin board.

So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.