Rep. Kim Nam-kook pleas to not expel him from the legislature when the majority party participates in a vote to determine his fate next week.
The DP will most likely lose in next year’s parliamentary elections if it does not keep the promise it made to voters.
Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung faces a dilemma after an advisory committee of the National Assembly recommended that Rep. Kim Nam-kook be expelled from the legislature over his repeated crytocurrency trading.
The latest crisis, the Daejang-dong redevelopment scandal, and the cash handout case all symbolize a morality crisis of the DP.
Rep. Kim Nam-kook left the Democratic Party on Sunday after suspicions related to his investment in cryptocurrencies got out of control.
The question centers on where the lawmaker’s money came from.
The Democratic Party (DP) faces a dual crisis from the suspicion that former chairman Song Young-gil and Rep. Kim Nam-kook.
Rep. Kim Nam-kook has stolen the show over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first year in office and former DP chair Song Young-gil’s alleged involvement in handing cash envelopes to party members.
The lawmaker must first convince the people of his innocence by frankly explaining what he did in detail. That’s the minimum he can do as a legislator to repay the debt he owes to the voters.
Controversy is heating over the possession of 6 billion won ($4.5 million) worth of digital coins by Rep. Kim Nam-kuk, a Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker, who touted himself as a frugal politician.
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