"No Constitutional Amendment Under This Administration... Complete Abolition of Early Voting"

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During the negotiation group speech at the National Assembly, People Power Party Floor Leader Chung Jum-sik stated that there will never be a constitutional amendment under the Lee Jae-myung administration. Criticizing the current administration's state governance, he also presented seven major pledges, including the revival of prosecutors' supplementary investigation powers and the complete abolition of the early voting system.

Reporter Kim Bo-mi has the details.

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Delivering his first negotiation group speech as floor leader since taking office, People Power Party Floor Leader Chung Jum-sik targeted the ruling bloc's push for constitutional amendment, claiming that President Lee Jae-myung intends to delay his trials through a term extension and declaring that there will be no constitutional amendment under this administration.

[Chung Jum-sik / People Power Party Floor Leader: We will never discuss a constitutional amendment with forces seeking to pursue private interests through it.]

He criticized that areas such as public security, real estate, the stock market, and the rule of law are collapsing under the current administration, using political coined words to make his point.

[Chung Jum-sik / People Power Party Floor Leader: The term Jam-demic is trending. It is a compound word of President Lee Jae-myung and pandemic. It means that everything he touches turns into disaster.]

Regarding the cabinet reshuffle, he argued that the leader of a gathering calling for the cancellation of indictments became the nominee for Minister of Justice, and a symbol of privilege and unfairness became the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

[Chung Jum-sik / People Power Party Floor Leader: The administration's message is clear. It is determined to wipe out the President's own crimes and abandon the youth.]

At parts where he raised his voice, claiming that President Lee is trying to bury his trials and that the nation faces an era where the people's right to life and safety are being buried, shouting broke out in the plenary chamber, and even profanity came from the ruling party's seats.

[Pan-Ruling Coalition Lawmaker: What nonsense about burying.]

[Pan-Ruling Coalition Lawmaker: What are bastards trying to start a war talking about!]

[People Power Party Lawmaker: Mr. Chairman, they said bastards, they said bastards!]

Amid the departure of some Democratic Party lawmakers, Floor Leader Chung also announced seven major pledges, including the revival of prosecutors' supplementary investigation powers, the complete abolition of inheritance and gift taxes between spouses, and the abolition of the early voting system.

Regarding Floor Leader Chung's speech, the Democratic Party criticized that it was rampant with far-right claims and curses while abandoning responsibility and alternatives.

(Video Reported by Lee Seung-hwan and Shin Dong-hwan | Video Edited by Park Sun-su)
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