Chung Jeom-sik: "President Must Stop Exploiting Conglomerate Chiefs and Stealing Their Achievements"

People Power Party Floor Leader Chung Jeom-sik criticized President Lee Jae-myung today regarding the announcement of the 'San Francisco AI Declaration' during his state visit to the United States, asking, "Was it really necessary to drag along busy conglomerate chiefs all the way to San Francisco to announce something that could have just been announced in Seoul, complete with a bottled beer party?"

During the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly, Floor Leader Chung stated, "This is nothing more than a rerun of an image-making show that exploits conglomerate chiefs once again. I urge President Lee to stop the politics of stealing achievements by taking the accomplishments of businesses and turning them into his own political merits."

He went on to claim, "Whenever something goes even slightly well, he is quick to jump on the bandwagon and claim credit, yet he completely shuts his mouth and plays dead on issues that require the president to step in and clear the traffic, such as the abolition of supplementary investigation powers, making him an irresponsible president."

Regarding the abolition of supplementary investigation powers pursued by the Democratic Party, Floor Leader Chung delivered a direct hit, saying, "When the People Power Party criticized the abolition of supplementary investigation powers, the Democratic Party branded us with labels like 'mongering' and 'protecting prosecutors' vested rights.' But the group truly inciting and mongering over supplementary investigation powers is somewhere else: it is none other than the current and former leadership of the Democratic Party."

He continued, "The floor leader mentioned the tragedy of failing to protect President Roh Moo-hyun, and former Representative Chung Cheong-rae said, 'Tears will gush out if supplementary investigation powers are abolished.' Stimulating supporters' nostalgia for President Roh and inciting the 'demonization of the prosecution' is done by the Democratic Party. This is low-grade incitement."

Floor Leader Chung noted, "President Lee had maintained a cautious stance on the abolition of supplementary investigation powers. However, he suddenly changed his position and agreed to the abolition in accordance with the wishes of the Democratic Party's hardliners. This change of position cannot be explained without excluding the cancellation of President Lee Jae-myung's indictment."

He further demanded, "If President Lee and the Democratic Party have no intention of swapping the abolition of supplementary investigation powers with the cancellation of the president's trial indictment, they can simply promise the public that there will never be a cancellation of the indictment. Why can't they do this simple thing?"

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