Ruling People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Joo Ho-young said Tuesday that parliamentary democracy has been crumbling since the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) gained a majority of National Assembly seats. Joo also accused the DPK of having double standards, which is a major contributor to the increasing public distrust in the Assembly, adding that DPK Chairman Lee Jae-myung is damaging the reputation of the Assembly due to corruption allegations made against him.
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved a motion to impeach Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, to hold him accountable for the deadly crowd crush that killed 159 people who gathered in Itaewon to celebrate Halloween on October 29 last year. With the passage of the motion, Lee has been suspended from his duties at the ministry. This is the first time that the National Assembly passed a motion to impeach a Cabinet member.
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The presidential office is wary of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea s (DPK s) attempt to impeach Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min for his allegedly insufficient response to the Itaewon crowd disaster last October.
Politicians, religious leaders, survivors of the Itaewon crowd tragedy and bereaved family members who lost loved ones in the disaster last October gathered at the National Assembly on Sunday to commemorate the 100-day anniversary of the deadly accident.