Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon meets with reporters at his office in the National Assembly building on the 13th after meeting with a victim of the "Busan Spin Kick" case in connection with the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights promoted by the Democratic Party of Korea. [Yonhap News] 사진 확대 Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon meets with reporters at his office in the National Assembly building on the 13th after meeting with a victim of the “Busan Spin Kick” case in connection with the abolition of the prosecution’s supplementary investigation rights promoted by the Democratic Party of Korea. [Yonhap News]

Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon said, “President Lee Jae Myung is about to be ‘dictatorship’ in response to National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik’s comment on the constitutional amendment for a second term as an incumbent president. National Assembly Speaker Myung-Pik, a former special political adviser to Lee Jae Myung, criticized him.

A lawmaker said on social networking services (SNS) on the 29th, “I have said in the past that I should not participate in discussions on constitutional amendment driven by the Democratic Party of Korea with the hands of the dirty Lee Jae Myung Democratic Party such as the attempt to serve a second term and the cancellation of the prosecution.” “This administration may end quickly,” he said.

Asked at his first press conference since taking office the previous day, “The issue of extending the presidential term of Lee Jae Myung is mentioned as the ultimate reason why the opposition party opposes the constitutional amendment,” Chairman Cho said, “Isn’t the issue of (constitutional amendment for two consecutive terms of the current president) too early?” and added, “The issue of constitutional amendment for two consecutive terms of the incumbent president in the reorganization of the power structure is ultimately a sovereign people’s choice.”

When his answer became controversial, Chairman Cho said on social media on the same day, “Article 128, Paragraph 2 of our Constitution stipulates that even if a constitutional amendment is made to extend the president’s term or change his term of office, it does not apply to the president at the time of constitutional amendment,” adding, “I regret that it caused misunderstanding and controversy differently from the original intention.”

He added, “As stated at the press conference, we will do our best to open the future of the Republic of Korea by pushing for a constitutional amendment centered on the topics of constitutional amendment that the ruling and opposition parties can agree on and the people support.”

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