National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik visited People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok a day before the constitutional amendment vote to ask for cooperation. Jang mentioned the Democratic Party of Korea's push for a "fabricated indictment special counsel," saying, "It is contradictory to talk about a constitutional amendment while committing unconstitutional behavior."
On the afternoon of the 6th, Speaker Woo visited the People Power Party leader's office in the main National Assembly building and asked Jang to proceed with the constitutional amendment vote scheduled for on the 7th. The People Power Party is maintaining its party line of opposing the constitutional amendment proposed by 187 lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Korea, the Rebuilding Korea Party, The Progressive Party, and the Reform Party.
After finishing the meeting with Speaker Woo, Jang met with reporters and said, "The increase in the number of Supreme Court justices, a four-tier appeals system, waiving appeals, and a special counsel to dismiss indictments, pushed by the Democratic Party, are absurd and unconstitutional behaviors," adding, "It is contradictory to talk about a constitutional amendment while committing unconstitutional behaviors."
He went on, "I made it clear that the People Power Party's party line is to oppose a constitutional amendment," and said, "While pushing the anti-constitutional, unconstitutional bill 'special counsel to dismiss indictments' to erase President Lee Jae-myung's crimes, it is not right to discuss a constitutional amendment."
Jang also said, "(Speaker Woo) said that the constitutional amendment should serve as a trigger for opening the way to bipartisan cooperation, but has the Democratic Party cooperated until now?" adding, "Looking at the Democratic Party and asking the People Power Party to show a forward-leaning stance on a constitutional amendment to open the way to cooperation is something I made clear I cannot agree to at all."