Song Eon-seog, floor leader of the People Power Party, on the 16th called the Democratic Party of Korea's push to abolish the crime of breach of trust "a ploy to turn President Lee Jae-myung's Daejang-dong, Baekhyeon-dong, and corporate card misuse trials into cases with no crimes from the beginning, a trick to cover up criminal acts."
Song, the floor leader, held a press briefing at the National Assembly that day and said, "The Lee Jae-myung administration is pushing for the complete abolition of the breach of trust offense, which corporations neither want nor ask for, while putting the names of businesspeople at the forefront."
He added, "The prosecution's decision not to appeal the Daejang-dong development scandal is clearly a matter that should be brought to light through a parliamentary investigation and a special counsel probe."
Regarding the parliamentary investigation being pushed by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, he said, "They talk about fabricated indictments, summon a few prosecutors to humiliate them, scold them, and are highly likely to unilaterally wrap it up—will this really be the kind of parliamentary probe the public wants."
In response to the president saying, in connection with the launch of the government innovation task force to respect the Constitution (TF), that "rewarding and punishing appropriately is the most basic of basics in running an organization," Song, the floor leader, called it "a characteristically cunning diversion."
Song, the floor leader, said, "What the so-called TF on constitutional destruction and inciting rebellion intends to do is, in a word, surveillance of civil servants," adding, "Immediately stop the attempt at civil servant surveillance that shakes the civil service to its roots."
Song, the floor leader, also said that Prime Minister Kim Min-seok made remarks amounting to election interference. Song said, "The very act of the prime minister talking strongly about this (the Hangang bus accident) appears similar to a form of election interference." That day, Kim ordered the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to thoroughly investigate the cause of the Hangang bus stoppage accident that occurred the previous day.
Song, the floor leader, said, "In connection with the redevelopment of Sewoon Shopping Center in front of Jongmyo last time, it also appears inappropriate to display behavior excessively interfering in the election, bordering on pre-campaigning." He added, "Rather than engaging in acts similar to election interference by leveraging the status of prime minister, please focus on the duties of the prime minister with a more objective stance."
Regarding the government's push to enact a special law on investment in the United States as a result of negotiations in the U.S.-Korea tariff and security fields, he said, "They argue that the outcome of this tariff negotiation is merely a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MOU), so National Assembly ratification is not needed."
He continued, "Saying you will enact a special law based on a nonbinding MOU is a contradictory claim," adding, "Because it imposes a heavy burden on the public and on Korea's economy, obtaining National Assembly ratification should come first."