People Power Party Floor Leader Chung Jin-suk urged President Lee Jae-myung today (July 16) to "clarify his clear position on supplementary investigation rights," regarding concerns raised both inside and outside the party over the Democratic Party of Korea's plan to abolish the prosecution's authority for supplementary investigations.
During the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly, Floor Leader Chung stated, "President Lee usually interferes with and scolds everyone over every trifle, even down to the drinking parties of public officials, yet he maintains thorough silence on such a critical pending issue as supplementary investigation rights."
He further criticized, "The President must keep in mind that the more he remains silent and shows an ambiguous attitude while only watching out for his hardline supporters, the more the fate of the Lee Jae-myung administration will inevitably head toward failure, as writer Rhyu Si-min has said."
Floor Leader Chung also mentioned the general strike rally held by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions yesterday for the "first year of prime contractor negotiations," saying, "Even though the harmful effects of the 'Yellow Envelope Act,' which infinitely expands the concept of an employer, are becoming increasingly severe, the government and the Democratic Party are taking no responsibility." He added, "Rather, the Ministry of Employment and Labor stated through its interpretation guidelines for the Yellow Envelope Act that, in principle, it is difficult for the public sector to be recognized as having employer status."
He continued to criticize, "They have created a bad law that allows labor unions to interfere in all sorts of management affairs, yet they claim exceptions for themselves and government policies," adding, "If the law can be applied arbitrarily according to the government's preference, it deserves to be called the 'Yellow Rubber Band Act' instead."
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