Parliamentary Committee Passes Resolution Calling for Expulsion of Opposition Lawmaker
The House Steering Committee passed the resolution 16-0, and expulsion would still require approval by a special ethics committee and two-thirds of lawmakers.
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Parliamentary committee passes resolution calling for expulsion of opposition lawmaker
A parliamentary committee on Friday passed a resolution led by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to demand the expulsion of Rep. Kim Tae-kyu over his remarks denying that former President Chun Doo-hwan had committed an "insurrection." Kim of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) came under fire after he appeared in a YouTube interview the previous day and said he did not consider either Chun or former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Park Jae-ha and Choi Ju-seong = On the 2nd, the National Assembly Steering Committee [meeted] People Power Party's Kim... who stated that the actions of former Presidents Yoon Suk-yeol and Chun Doo-hwan were "not insurrection"
A resolution calling for the expulsion of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu, who sparked controversy with remarks stating that "Mr. Chun Doo-hwan did not commit insurrection," passed the National Assembly Steering Committee on the 2nd under the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea. To expel a lawmaker, the approval of more than two-thirds of the total members is required, and the People Power Party holds 109 out of the 299 total sea…
The National Assembly Steering Committee passed a resolution unilaterally by the opposition party urging the expulsion of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu, who sparked controversy with remarks regarding insurrection. The ruling and opposition parties clashed fiercely over controversies regarding freedom of expression and the denial of the Constitution, and the People Power Party boycotted the vote in protest of the unilateral conduct of t…
On the 2nd, the National Assembly Steering Committee passed a resolution, led by the Democratic Party of Korea, urging the expulsion of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu for remarks suggesting that the actions of former Presidents Yoon Suk-yeol and Chun Doo-hwan were "not insurrection." People Power Party lawmakers protested, calling it "silence," and walked out before the vote. The Steering Committee held a plenary session that day and pa…
On the 2nd, the National Assembly Steering Committee passed a resolution urging the expulsion of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu, who stated that the acts committed by former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Yoon Seok-youl were "not insurrection."
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