The Democratic Party of Korea urged the cooperation of the People Power Party on a constitutional amendment bill aimed at holding a simultaneous vote with the June 3 local elections.
Kang Jun-hyeon, senior spokesperson for the Democratic Party, held a briefing at the National Assembly press center on the 30th and said, "With the historic task of constitutional revision ahead for the first time in 39 years, the People Power Party is still throwing an unreasonable tantrum over the amendment."
Kang continued, "The People Power Party is dismissing this amendment as a hasty revision ahead of the local elections and is not changing its party-line stance of opposition," adding, "In terms of justification, content, and logic, the People Power Party's position is riddled with contradictions."
Kang also said, "The inclusion of the spirit of May 18 and the Buma Uprising was supported by the past leadership of the People Power Party, and it was only last month that they issued a public apology for the illegal Dec. 3 emergency martial law and pledged to uphold constitutional values and democracy," adding, "The value of balanced national development is beyond dispute."
He went on, "There is no persuasiveness at all in the People Power Party's argument that a national referendum held simultaneously with the local elections would become a black hole that swallows local election issues," stressing, "We urge the People Power Party not to run counter to the historic, time-driven task of constitutional revision."