Ko Min-jung, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. [사진 = 연합뉴스]Democratic Party lawmaker Ko Min-jung said, “I demand that the presidential-elect Yoon Seok-yeol push for a referendum on the so-called ‘examination and completion’ (revision of the Prosecutors’ Office Act and Criminal Procedure Act) bill.
According to the political circles on the 28th, Rep. Ko said this on his Facebook the night before, sharing an article by Democratic Party member Kim Young-bae titled, “I am deeply sorry for the referendum proposal for the extra-constitutional prosecution normalization law on the part of President-elect Yoon.”
In the article, Rep. Kim pointed out that in July 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that the referendum was inconsistent with the law, saying that there was a problem with the ‘residence vote abroad’, and that it lost its effect from 2016.
In addition, in that Article 72 of the Constitution stipulates that “important policies related to foreign affairs, defense, unification, and other national security may be submitted to a referendum,” this claim is ignorant or He pointed out that it is only an extra-constitutional argument.
In response, Rep. Ko said, “This is the current situation regarding the referendum,” adding, “If you still want to ignore the law and push forward recklessly, there are various first-class security documents including the NSC. do,” he emphasized.
In another article on the same day, Assemblyman Koh shared the article of the National Election Commission, which drew a line saying that the referendum was ‘impossible.’ You didn’t even figure it out. “I am very concerned about how the state will lead in the future,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Moon Jae-in government also tried to hold a referendum on the constitutional amendment in the June 13 local elections in 2018, but it was canceled due to the referendum law.
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