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이석기의원 내란음모협의로 궁지에 몰린 통합진보당이 야당들에게마저 외면당하며 점차 고립되어가고 있다.
새누리당과 민주당이 이석기의원에 대한 체포동의안을 내주 통과시킬 가능성이 커지고 있는 가운데, 한때 같은 당 동료였던 정의당 심상정 원내대표마저 “엄중한 수사”를 촉구하고 나섰다. 심의원이 이끌고 있는 정의당은 지난해 이석기, 김재연의원의 비례대표선발과정의 비리혐의가 붉어지기 까지만 해도 한솥밥을 먹었던 사이였다.
심의원은 1일 원내대표단회의에서 “국민들은 헌법 밖의 진보를 결코 용납하지 않을 것이다” 며 이석기의원과 통합진보당에 수사에 임할 것을 촉구했다.
“헌법에 의해 보호받는 공당과 국민으로부터 헌법적 권한을 위임받은 국회의원은 국민들이 제기하는 모든 의혹과 의구심을 해소시켜야 할 책무가 있다” 며 당당하다면 수사에 성실히 임하는 것만이 국민의 신뢰를 되찾을 길이라고 강조했다.
한편 새누리당과 민주당은 이번 주 중으로 이석기의원에 대한 체포동의안을 처리 할 것으로 보인다.
새누리당은 최경환원내대표의 원포이인트 국회 발언을 중심으로 민주당에 동의안 처리에 동참할 것을 요구하고 있으면, 민주당도 “국민상식에 입각하여 국회법 절차에 따라 원칙적으로 처리하겠다”며 동의안 처리를 시사했다.
통합진보당은 여야 모두에게 외면당하는 상황에서도 1일 국정원에 대한 압박 수위를 높여갔다.
통합진보당 이상규의원은 녹취록을 국정원에 제공한 사람은 수원시당원이라며 그가 국정원에 거액을 받고 수개월에서 수년간 통합진보당을 사찰했다고 주장했다.
통합진보당 이정희대표도 민주당에게 원포인트 국회를 막을 것을 촉구했다.
이대표는 새누리당 최경환 원내대표의 원포인트 본회의 제안에 대해 “절대 불가”라며 민주당에게 이 제안을 받아들이는 것은 “국정원의 정치공작의 동조자”가 되는 일에 불과하다며 호소 했지만 이대표의 호소가 받아들여지긴 힘들어 보인다.
새누리당과 민주당이 이석기의원에 대한 체포동의안을 내주 통과시킬 가능성이 커지고 있는 가운데, 한때 같은 당 동료였던 정의당 심상정 원내대표마저 “엄중한 수사”를 촉구하고 나섰다. 심의원이 이끌고 있는 정의당은 지난해 이석기, 김재연의원의 비례대표선발과정의 비리혐의가 붉어지기 까지만 해도 한솥밥을 먹었던 사이였다.
심의원은 1일 원내대표단회의에서 “국민들은 헌법 밖의 진보를 결코 용납하지 않을 것이다” 며 이석기의원과 통합진보당에 수사에 임할 것을 촉구했다.
“헌법에 의해 보호받는 공당과 국민으로부터 헌법적 권한을 위임받은 국회의원은 국민들이 제기하는 모든 의혹과 의구심을 해소시켜야 할 책무가 있다” 며 당당하다면 수사에 성실히 임하는 것만이 국민의 신뢰를 되찾을 길이라고 강조했다.
한편 새누리당과 민주당은 이번 주 중으로 이석기의원에 대한 체포동의안을 처리 할 것으로 보인다.
새누리당은 최경환원내대표의 원포이인트 국회 발언을 중심으로 민주당에 동의안 처리에 동참할 것을 요구하고 있으면, 민주당도 “국민상식에 입각하여 국회법 절차에 따라 원칙적으로 처리하겠다”며 동의안 처리를 시사했다.
통합진보당은 여야 모두에게 외면당하는 상황에서도 1일 국정원에 대한 압박 수위를 높여갔다.
통합진보당 이상규의원은 녹취록을 국정원에 제공한 사람은 수원시당원이라며 그가 국정원에 거액을 받고 수개월에서 수년간 통합진보당을 사찰했다고 주장했다.
통합진보당 이정희대표도 민주당에게 원포인트 국회를 막을 것을 촉구했다.
이대표는 새누리당 최경환 원내대표의 원포인트 본회의 제안에 대해 “절대 불가”라며 민주당에게 이 제안을 받아들이는 것은 “국정원의 정치공작의 동조자”가 되는 일에 불과하다며 호소 했지만 이대표의 호소가 받아들여지긴 힘들어 보인다.
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UPP faces further isolation
By Choi He-suk
The minor opposition Unified Progressive Party is becoming increasingly isolated as its former leftist allies are turning their backs over allegations that its leading members plotted an armed revolt.
As the two main parties appear ready to approve the government’s request to allow the arrest of key suspect Rep. Lee Seok-ki within the week, the UPP on Sunday fired back against the National Intelligence Service, claiming that the agency had paid a party member to spy on its activities for an extended period of time.
The NIS said it has secured a recording of the UPP lawmaker plotting to attack infrastructure facilities.
The main opposition Democratic Party has been distancing itself from the UPP from the outset, and even the UPP’s once-ally Progressive Justice Party floor leader Rep. Sim Sang-jeung called for a “stringent investigation.”
“The public will never approve progressives that stand outside the Constitution. (The issue) must be investigated thoroughly to uncover the truth,” Sim said on Sunday.
“(I) urge the UPP and Lee to comply with the investigation if they are a political party and its member, whose existence is based on the Constitution and the law.”
Sim’s PJP broke away from the UPP last year following discord that stemmed from allegations of irregularities in the process of Lee Seok-ki and Rep. Kim Jae-yeon being named proportional representatives of the party.
As even former allies draw a line with the UPP, the ruling Saenuri Party suggested a “one-point” plenary session to process the request for arresting Lee Seok-ki.
Under the regulations, the authorities require the parliament’s approval to arrest a lawmaker while the parliament is in session.
“The request for arrest should be processed at the least. The request can be put up for review on Sept. 2, and (it can be processed) at the plenary session on Sept. 4 or 5,” Saenuri Party floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan told a local news agency on Saturday.
Although the September session of the National Assembly will open on Monday, the Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party have yet to set the schedule due to differences regarding the NIS and its alleged attempt at influencing last year’s presidential election.
The main opposition appears be leaning toward accepting the Choi’s suggestion and processing the request.
“If the request for arrest is submitted to the National Assembly, the DP will handle the issue according to the National Assembly Act with the public’s view in mind,” DP spokesman Park Yong-jin said. He added that although the case is independent of the “NIS case,” the party will treat the two issues with the same principles of protecting national interests, democracy and the Constitution.
With the tide turning against them, the UPP continued to fling accusations with Rep. Lee Sang-kyu claiming that a party member from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, was paid to spy for the NIS.
“We have identified the NIS collaborator. We have found that the NIS paid him off with a large amount of money. The NIS kept the UPP under surveillance through him for a period of a few months to several years,” UPP Rep. Lee Sang-kyu said Sunday.
Lee Sang-kyu, however, declined to elaborate on how the UPP determined that the NIS bought the informant, saying only that the spy agency should provide the details.
“The real nature of the issue is now clear. The NIS says that the UPP is guilty of plotting a revolt, but the truth is that it is a case of the NIS spying on a political party, and its continued violation of the Constitution.”
As for Lee Seok-ki, he has changed his explanation for the situation, going from accusing the NIS of fabricating “all allegations” to saying that he was at the meeting, but that he was not inciting a revolt and that he was “a pacifist to the bone.”
While the two main parties discuss the issue, the UPP is doing what it can to prevent the session, even attempting to appeal to the DP that has been distancing itself from the minor opposition since the case broke out last week.
“A one-point plenary session is not possible. The parliament must not go along with one-sided claims by the NIS, which is being pressured to reform for interfering with the presidential election,” UPP chairwoman Lee Jung-hee said at a press conference on Sunday.
“(The DP) must not be moved by the NIS, distorted the inter-Korean summit transcript to say that the NLL was given up. If the ruling and opposition parties agree, then the parliament becomes an accomplice to the NIS.”
The transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit between late President Roh Moo-hyun and deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been at the center of the prolonged DP-Saenuri Party dispute that broke out when ruling party lawmakers claimed that Roh conceded the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea to Pyongyang.
(cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)
UPP faces further isolation
By Choi He-suk
The minor opposition Unified Progressive Party is becoming increasingly isolated as its former leftist allies are turning their backs over allegations that its leading members plotted an armed revolt.
As the two main parties appear ready to approve the government’s request to allow the arrest of key suspect Rep. Lee Seok-ki within the week, the UPP on Sunday fired back against the National Intelligence Service, claiming that the agency had paid a party member to spy on its activities for an extended period of time.
The NIS said it has secured a recording of the UPP lawmaker plotting to attack infrastructure facilities.
The main opposition Democratic Party has been distancing itself from the UPP from the outset, and even the UPP’s once-ally Progressive Justice Party floor leader Rep. Sim Sang-jeung called for a “stringent investigation.”
“The public will never approve progressives that stand outside the Constitution. (The issue) must be investigated thoroughly to uncover the truth,” Sim said on Sunday.
“(I) urge the UPP and Lee to comply with the investigation if they are a political party and its member, whose existence is based on the Constitution and the law.”
Sim’s PJP broke away from the UPP last year following discord that stemmed from allegations of irregularities in the process of Lee Seok-ki and Rep. Kim Jae-yeon being named proportional representatives of the party.
As even former allies draw a line with the UPP, the ruling Saenuri Party suggested a “one-point” plenary session to process the request for arresting Lee Seok-ki.
Under the regulations, the authorities require the parliament’s approval to arrest a lawmaker while the parliament is in session.
“The request for arrest should be processed at the least. The request can be put up for review on Sept. 2, and (it can be processed) at the plenary session on Sept. 4 or 5,” Saenuri Party floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan told a local news agency on Saturday.
Although the September session of the National Assembly will open on Monday, the Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party have yet to set the schedule due to differences regarding the NIS and its alleged attempt at influencing last year’s presidential election.
The main opposition appears be leaning toward accepting the Choi’s suggestion and processing the request.
“If the request for arrest is submitted to the National Assembly, the DP will handle the issue according to the National Assembly Act with the public’s view in mind,” DP spokesman Park Yong-jin said. He added that although the case is independent of the “NIS case,” the party will treat the two issues with the same principles of protecting national interests, democracy and the Constitution.
With the tide turning against them, the UPP continued to fling accusations with Rep. Lee Sang-kyu claiming that a party member from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, was paid to spy for the NIS.
“We have identified the NIS collaborator. We have found that the NIS paid him off with a large amount of money. The NIS kept the UPP under surveillance through him for a period of a few months to several years,” UPP Rep. Lee Sang-kyu said Sunday.
Lee Sang-kyu, however, declined to elaborate on how the UPP determined that the NIS bought the informant, saying only that the spy agency should provide the details.
“The real nature of the issue is now clear. The NIS says that the UPP is guilty of plotting a revolt, but the truth is that it is a case of the NIS spying on a political party, and its continued violation of the Constitution.”
As for Lee Seok-ki, he has changed his explanation for the situation, going from accusing the NIS of fabricating “all allegations” to saying that he was at the meeting, but that he was not inciting a revolt and that he was “a pacifist to the bone.”
While the two main parties discuss the issue, the UPP is doing what it can to prevent the session, even attempting to appeal to the DP that has been distancing itself from the minor opposition since the case broke out last week.
“A one-point plenary session is not possible. The parliament must not go along with one-sided claims by the NIS, which is being pressured to reform for interfering with the presidential election,” UPP chairwoman Lee Jung-hee said at a press conference on Sunday.
“(The DP) must not be moved by the NIS, distorted the inter-Korean summit transcript to say that the NLL was given up. If the ruling and opposition parties agree, then the parliament becomes an accomplice to the NIS.”
The transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit between late President Roh Moo-hyun and deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been at the center of the prolonged DP-Saenuri Party dispute that broke out when ruling party lawmakers claimed that Roh conceded the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea to Pyongyang.
(cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)
