[Anchor]
Ahead of the vote on the impeachment of acting President Han Deok-soo, the People's Power convened a general meeting of lawmakers.
It seems that they have discussed whether to attend the impeachment vote, but we will connect to the results briefing and see together.
[Kwon Seongdong / People's Power Floor Leader]
I think the impeachment of acting Han Deok-soo is not an impeachment for the country and the people, but for the representative Lee Jae-myung himself. In the meantime, representative Lee Jae-myung has proposed impeachment 29 times to cover up his crimes. It's simply an abuse of legislative power and an abuse of impeachment. On top of that, he also proposed an uncountable independent counsel bill.
The reason why Representative Lee Jae-myung is rushing to impeach the acting president is that he is in such a hurry because he thinks that he can cover his crimes with the president's authority only when he becomes president as soon as possible while public sentiment is divided against the current government due to the declaration of emergency martial law.
The impeachment trial is now underway for the actions caused by the declaration of emergency martial law, and the investigation is underway for criminal legal matters. You just have to trust, trust, and wait for the investigative agency and the Constitutional Court.
Nevertheless, putting pressure on him, intimidating him, getting angry that he doesn't get his way, and proposing an impeachment motion against the acting president is literally an act that moves under his grand strategy to cover up his crimes by winning the president, regardless of people's livelihood, diplomacy, or the economy. I think I will definitely be judged accordingly by the people. I'll take your questions.
And the exchange rate has already risen to 1486 won. As I said at the morning floor meeting, if it exceeds 1,500 won, there will be a major crisis in the Korean economy. All of this is the passing of the impeachment motion against the president, and the Republic of Korea is operating the system. And this happens because the trust that the system is generally working well and stabilizing has been given to foreigners and to other countries, but the impeachment of Acting President Han Deok-soo has completely destroyed that trust. That's why the Democratic Party really wants to withdraw its impeachment motion against the acting president if it's for the sake of the country, people's livelihoods and the people.
And as you can see, there are five articles of impeachment, none of which is in violation of the Constitution or the law. It's all just their one-sided argument. I would like to say once again that the impeachment of the acting president with such an empty reason for impeachment stems from the impatience of representative Lee Jae-myung.
[Reporter]
Are there any issues decided by the party?
[Kwon Seongdong / People's Power Floor Leader]
That part was rejected, and the party's theory was decided. However, if National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik sets the decision quorum by a simple majority for the decision quorum, there is no point in participating in the vote. So, we plan to boycott the vote and protest strongly at that time, and if the quorum of the vote is two-thirds, all of us will attend and participate in the vote.
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