Choi Soo-jin: "The resolution calling for the resignation of the chairman of the National Assembly's Broadcasting and Communications Commission has been adopted, a parliamentary tyranny by the majority party."

People's Power Party lawmaker Choi Soo-jin criticized the adoption of a resolution calling for the resignation of Broadcasting and Communications Commission Chairman Ryu Hee-rim and a request for an audit by the Democratic Party of Korea-led Board of Audit and Inspection at the National Assembly plenary session, calling it "an act of parliamentary violence by the ruling party."

On the 11th, People's Power Party Rep. Choi Soo-jin left the conference room in protest when a motion to impeach Ryu Hee-rim, chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, for failing to appear at a hearing on current affairs was tabled at the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee. Rep. Choi, a member of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee, stated this on the 13th in a post on his social networking service (SNS), saying, "Not only are the Democratic Party's constant attempts to impeach them not enough, but they are even trying to take over the independent organization, the Broadcasting and Communications Commission, and turn it into a loyalty test." » In an article titled "The Democratic Party's Attempt to Take Over the National Defense Commission: Is It for the People or for Lee Jae-myung?" Rep. Choi said, "The Shin Hak-rim-Kim Man-bae Incident was clearly a presidential election stunt, and many citizens were outraged by it," and explained, "A request for deliberation on this incident is a legitimate right that every citizen of the Republic of Korea can file." He continued, "They are distorting the facts as if only family members filed the complaint, but in reality, many citizens filed the complaint." He added, "It is far-fetched logic to want to make it appear that they were the ones who filed the complaint when only some of the complainants were family members."

Previously, the Democratic Party had raised suspicions that Chairman Ryu had mobilized his family to launch a deliberation petition, including the publication of a report citing the transcript of the conversation between News Tapa's Kim Man-bae and Shin Hak-rim.

Rep. Choi also said, "The Broadcasting Deliberation Committee is a consensus-based body with a total of nine members, and all deliberations are decided by majority rule," adding, "Deliberations can proceed normally even without a chairman." "However, the Democratic Party is trying to shake up the National Assembly's Broadcasting and Communications Commission by sacrificing a chairman, Ryu," he said.

He said, "The suspicion of incitement to the civil petition is currently being reinvestigated by the National Human Rights Commission, and it has not been confirmed whether there was a violation of the law." However, the Democratic Party is launching a political offensive by treating this as a fait accompli even before the results are released. He criticized, "Not satisfied with controlling the Korean Communications Commission (KCC), they are now trying to neutralize the Korean Communications Standards Commission."

Specifically, regarding the adoption of the Democratic Party's emergency resolution this time, he stated that the Democratic Party's real goal is to neutralize the Broadcasting and Communications Commission. Representative Choi stated, "The Democratic Party is attempting to weaken the organization itself by drastically reducing the Broadcasting and Communications Commission's budget, reducing the chairman's salary, and even pushing for an impeachment bill." He added, "The Broadcasting and Communications Commission is currently in a situation where it is even struggling to pay its office rent due to budget constraints." "The Broadcasting and Communications Commission is struggling to fulfill its original function of monitoring the press, but the Democratic Party is only broadcasting Matador for political reasons," he said.

Reporter Kim Geon-ho scoop3126@segye.com

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Choi Soo-jin: "The resolution calling for the resignation of the chairman of the National Assembly's Broadcasting and Communications Commission has been adopted, a parliamentary tyranny by the majority party."

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