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The Democratic Party has issued a warning to Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae and Representative Boo Seung-chan, who sparked controversy over inappropriate remarks regarding firefighting finances. However, the People Power Party criticized the disciplinary action as ineffective, saying it merely granted those involved a free pass.

Reporter Kim Bo-mi reports.

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Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae, who made the remark about "straws in firefighting finances," and Representative Boo Seung-chan, who caused controversy while defending her.

On October 21, the Democratic Party leadership decided to issue a "warning" against both of them.

Initially, only Representative Boo was targeted, but as controversy over fairness arose within the party, it was decided to issue a warning to Governor Choo as well.

The Democratic Party stated that the measure was meant to urge grave self-reflection and prevent recurrence.

The People Power Party criticized the decision, saying, "By giving a free pass with a simple warning that lacks effectiveness, it only eased the political burden on the parties involved."

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At the National Assembly's House Steering Committee on October 21, the Democratic Party took issue with People Power Party Representative Kim Tae-gyu's remarks denying the insurrection by Chun Doo-hwan and demanded Kim's resignation from the committee.

[Cheon Jun-ho / Democratic Party Representative: "How can a committee member who cannot even acknowledge an insurrection openly serve on the National Assembly's Steering Committee?"]

The People Power Party fired back, telling the Democratic Party to rein in Representative Boo Seung-chan, who is also a member of the steering committee.

[Choi Soo-jin / People Power Party Representative: "'Sucking dry the finances'—and to make such a remark right in the face of a firefighter's death. Is this something that should be said?"]

With the parliamentary audit of the Presidential Secretariat scheduled for October 29, the People Power Party called for summoning President Lee Jae-myung and the First Lady as witnesses regarding controversies, including delays in relocating to the official residence, but the Democratic Party rejected the demand as unreasonable.

[Yoon Yong-geun / People Power Party Representative: "Aren't you dragging your feet day after day out of fear of the superstition that moving into the Blue House presidential residence brings misfortune?..."]

[Han Byung-do / National Assembly House Steering Committee Chairman (Democratic Party Representative): "You must not make such absurd claims like this."]

While the People Power Party insisted on summoning Kim Hyun-ji, Chief of the First Personal Secretariat Office, and others as witnesses, only new Chief of Staff Lim Gwang-hyun and others were adopted as audit witnesses due to opposition from the Democratic Party.

(Video by Lee Seung-hwan and Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing by Nam Il)