Lee Jin-Sook Announces Plan to Propose Amendment to May 18 Act… "List of Persons of Merit Must Be Released"
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Da-woon = Rep. Lee Jin-sook of the People Power Party, who sparked controversy over disparaging the May 18 Uprising, disclosed the list of persons of merit on the 31st and [addressed] measures to strengthen related screenings...
Representative Lee Jin-sook of the People Power Party announced that she would take further legal action against Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok, who referred to her as a "female Chun Doo-hwan." Rep. Lee also foreshadowed the introduction of a bill to strengthen the review process for 5·18 Democracy Merit Award recipients and to disclose their names. Holding a press conference at the National Assembly on the 31st, Rep. Lee stated, "Kim
Representative Lee Jin-sook of the People Power Party (Daegu Dalseong) announced on the 31st that she has begun work on amending the law to disclose the list of persons of merit for the May 18 Democratic Uprising and strengthen related screening processes. This is interpreted as a de facto declaration of a "frontal breakthrough" in response to the ceaseless offensive by the ruling party against her amidst the controversy over "denigrating May 18…
On the 31st, People Power Party lawmaker Lee Jin-sook stated, "I will propose an amendment to relevant laws regarding the issue of persons of merit for the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement," adding, "including the Act on the Honorable Treatment of Persons of Merit for the May 18 Democratization Movement."
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