The Democratic Party on Monday submitted a motion to appoint a special prosecutor to reinvestigate the remittance of $8 million to North Korea by SBW Group’s former Chairman Kim Sung-tae in 2018.
The CIO has grabbed a chance to prove its raison d’etre after showing incompetence over the past three years.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has barely overcome a political crisis after a motion to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the suspicious death of a Marine on a rescue mission was voted down again in the National Assembly.
The governing People Power Party reacts lethargically to policy offensives of the majority Democratic Party.
President Yoon pledged to push for a special prosecutor on his own if any doubts linger over the CIO’s investigations. We must watch its investigation first.
The DP’s rush to pass the special act before the current 21st Assembly expires on May 29 is apparently aimed at offending the conservative government till the last minute.
The Foreign Ministry of Australia says it welcomes the new ambassador. But his new role as ambassador will certainly shrink if he is required to go back and forth between the two countries for investigation.
The Democratic Party has submitted a bill to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate former defense minister Lee Jong-sup over his alleged involvement in the tragic death of a Marine last year after Lee arrived in Australia as ambassador.
Cho Kuk, the leader of a new party he created ahead of the April 10 parliamentary elections, has threatened the governing party's interim leader that he will push for a special investigation of the government if he is elected as a lawmaker.
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