 ▲ 최보윤 국민의힘 수석대변인이 국회소통관에서 언론 브리핑을 열고, 현안에 대한 논평을 이어가고 있다. © 이제항 선임기자 |
브레이크뉴스 이제항 선임기자/시인 = 최보윤 국민의힘 수석대변인은 17일 오후 5시 40분 국회소통관에서 언론 브리핑을 열고, 이재명 정부의 부동산 정책과 중앙선거관리위원회 투표용지 부족 사태, 법사위원장 자리 갈등 문제를 비판하며 정부·여당의 전면적인 기조 수정과 의회 민주주의의 회복을 촉구했다.
부동산 정책 실패
먼저, 최보윤 수석대변인은 이재명 정부 출범 1년 만에 대한민국 부동산 시장이 매매, 전세, 월세가 동시 폭등하는 참담한 파국을 맞이했다고 지적하며 말문을 열었다. 최 수석대변인은 “시장은 비명을 지르고 국민은 고통받고 있건만, 정부는 여전히 실패한 세금과 규제 카드만 만지작거리며 책임을 회피하고 있다”며 정부를 강력히 비판했다. 이어 “서울 전세난은 이제 통계가 아니라 국민의 눈물 어린 이삿짐으로 증명되고 있다”며, 지난 4월 서울의 인구 순유출이 1년 전보다 70% 이상 급증했고 올해 들어서만 11만 명에 달하는 시민이 경기도로 주거지를 옮긴 비극적 현실을 지적했다.
또한, “실수요자가 많은 지역의 아파트 전세 매물이 최대 70~80%대까지 급감하면서 서민들이 의지해 온 최소한의 주거 사다리가 현장 곳곳에서 끊어지고 있다”며, 서울 주택 평균 가격이 처음으로 10억 원을 넘어선 기현상을 경고했다. 그러면서 “대통령은 전세 물량 감소를 시장이 제자리를 찾아가는 흐름이라 설명하고, 국토부 장관은 집값 상승을 정상화 과정이라 부른다”며 “국민은 살 집이 없어 이삿짐을 싸는데 정부는 책상머리 해석으로 민생의 비명을 덮고 있다”고 꼬집었다.
아울러 최 수석대변인은 “공급 절벽의 공포가 시장을 짓누르는데도 대출 억제와 징벌적 과세만 들여다보는 것은 민생 대책이 아니라 민생 약탈”이라며, “국민의 타오르는 분노는 무능한 정부가 정신 차릴 때까지 한가하게 기다려주지 않으므로 규제 만능주의 기조를 즉각 전면 수정하라”고 주문했다.
선관위의 행정참사 및 인재
이어 최보윤 수석대변인은 지난 6·3 지방선거의 투표용지 부족 사태와 십수 년간 이어온 무더기 개표 오류는 선관위의 무능과 방만이 불러온 필연적인 행정 참사이자 인재라고 지적했다. 최 수석대변인은 “덴마크 오르후스대 연구 결과에 따르면 투표용지 부족 사태가 벌어진 서울 내 행정동의 78%가 우리 국민의힘 강세 지역이었다”며, 기계적인 용지 배분으로 국민의힘 지지층의 참정권을 집중적으로 침해한 초유의 사태를 비판했다. 또한, “지난 16년간의 데이터를 분석한 결과 전국 7개 읍면동에서 투표수가 수백 표씩 어긋나는 심각한 개표 오류 정황이 추가로 확인됐다”며 선거 제도의 부실함을 일갈했다.
그러면서 “국민들이 부실 개표에 분통을 터뜨릴 때, 선관위는 뒤에서 인사규칙을 개정해 근속승진기간을 단축하는 승진 잔치를 벌였다”며, “지난 5년간 총 466명이 몰디브, 피렌체 등 관광 명소로 107차례나 호화 해외 출장을 다녀오며 24억 원의 혈세를 탕진했다”고 꼬집었다. 특히 초등학생 일기장보다 못한 결과보고서로 때우는 철밥통 조직의 이중성을 질타했다.
이에 최 수석대변인은 “한국갤럽 조사에 따르면 국민의 44%가 전면 재선거를 요구하고 있으며, 공정성에 민감한 20대와 30대 청년층의 분노가 압도적”이라며, “국민의힘은 선거의 투명성을 훼손한 이번 사태를 결코 묵과하지 않고 국회 차원의 국정조사와 특검을 즉각 추진하겠다”고 목소리를 높였다. 아울러 특혜성 인사와 외유성 출장, 부실 선거 전반에 대한 전면적 감사를 단행해 관련 책임자들에게 끝까지 책임을 묻겠다고 촉구했다.
여당의 의회독재
마지막으로 최보윤 수석대변인은 민주당이 또다시 독단과 비타협적 태도로 일관하며 대한민국 국회의 마지막 보루인 상호 견제 장치마저 무력화하려 하고 있다고 지적했다. 최 수석대변인은 “한병도 원내대표가 법사위원장직을 끝까지 독점하겠다는 주장도 모자라 소수 야당이 관할하던 경제 소관 상임위마저 강탈하려 한다”며, 이는 상생과 협치라는 헌정 시스템을 정면으로 부정하는 노골적인 의회 독재 선포라고 주장했다. 또한, “민주당이 법사위원장직에 집착하는 이유는 집권 세력 내부의 사법 리스크를 방어하는 방탄막이자 입맛에 맞는 법안을 주무르기 위한 절대 방패로 삼겠다는 것”이라며 일축했다. 검찰청 폐지, 법 왜곡죄, 대통령 사건 공소 취소 특검법 등 민생과 직결되지 않은 법안을 속전속결로 밀어붙이려는 심산을 강력히 비판한 것이다.
그러면서 “자신들이 소수일 때 요구하던 민주적 통제 장치를 정권을 잡고 다수가 되자마자 헌신짝처럼 버리는 행태는 내로남불의 전형”이라며, “소수 야당이 법사위를 맡아 권력을 견제해 온 민주화 이후의 값진 의회 전통을 뿌리째 흔드는 처사”라고 질타했다.
아울러 최 수석대변인은 “민주당이 외치는 일하는 국회라는 명분이 진정성을 얻으려면 훗날 자신들이 야당으로 전락하더라도 상임위원장 자리를 요구하지 않겠다는 대국민 약속부터 해야 한다”며, “국민이 부여한 다수 의석은 입법권 사유화의 특권이 아니라 헌정 질서 수호의 책무이므로, 오만한 폭주를 중단하고 견제의 정치를 회복하지 않으면 임계점에 달한 국민의 심판을 받을 것”이라고 경고했다. hang5247@hanmail.net
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Choi Bo-yoon, Spokesperson for the People Power Party, Sternly Criticizes “Real Estate Failure, NEC Disaster, and the Rampant Legislative Dictatorship”
- Soaring Sale and Jeonse Prices Bring Tears to the People’s Moving Houses… Urges Complete Revision of Incompetent Real Estate Regulation-All-Pure Approach
- Promotion and Overseas Trip Feasts Behind the Scenes Amidst Over a Decade of Vote Counting Errors at the NEC… Declares Push for Parliamentary Investigation and Special Counsel
- Giant Ruling Party’s Maneuvers to Monopolize the Judiciary Committee as a Barrier to Judicial Risks… Warning Against Behaviors Destructing Parliamentary Democracy
— Lee Je-hang, Senior Reporter/Poet, Break News
Choi Bo-yoon, Senior Spokesperson for the People Power Party, held a press briefing at the National Assembly Communication Center at 5:40 PM on the 17th. He strongly criticized the Lee Jae-myung administration’s disastrous failure in real estate policy, the National Election Commission’s total incompetence and moral laxity, and the massive ruling Democratic Party’s unilateral maneuvering to monopolize the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee. He sternly urged the government and ruling party to completely overhaul their stance and restore parliamentary democracy.
Failure of Real Estate Policy
First, Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon opened by pointing out that just one year after the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the South Korean real estate market has faced a disastrous catastrophe with simultaneous skyrocketing prices for sales, Jeonse, and monthly rents. Chief Spokesperson Choi strongly criticized the government, stating, "While the market is screaming and the people are suffering, the government is still evading responsibility by merely toying with failed tax and regulatory cards." She continued by noting the tragic reality that "the Jeonse crisis in Seoul is now being proven not by statistics, but by the tearful moving of the people," noting that net population outflow from Seoul in April surged by more than 70% compared to a year ago and that as many as 110,000 citizens have relocated to Gyeonggi Province this year alone.
Furthermore, she warned of the unusual phenomenon where the average price of housing in Seoul has exceeded 1 billion won for the first time, stating, "As apartment Jeonse listings in areas with high actual demand have plummeted by as much as 70–80%, the minimal housing ladder that ordinary people have relied on is being severed in many places." She added, “The President explains the decrease in Jeonse supply as a trend of the market returning to its proper place, while the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport calls the rise in housing prices a process of normalization,” pointing out, “While the people are packing their bags because they have no place to live, the government is covering up the cries of the people’s livelihoods with desk-bound interpretations.”
Furthermore, Chief Spokesperson Choi stated, “Looking only at loan restrictions and punitive taxation while the fear of a supply cliff weighs down the market is not a measure for the people’s livelihoods, but rather the plundering of the people’s livelihoods.” She demanded, “The burning anger of the people will not wait idly for an incompetent government to come to its senses, so the stance of regulation-centricity must be immediately and completely revised.”
Administrative Disasters and Man-Made Disasters by the National Election Commission
Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon continued by pointing out that the ballot paper shortage during the June 3 local elections and the mass vote counting errors that have persisted for over a decade were inevitable administrative disasters and man-made disasters brought about by the incompetence and negligence of the National Election Commission. Chief Spokesperson Choi criticized the unprecedented situation in which the voting rights of the People Power Party's supporters were intensively infringed upon through the mechanical allocation of ballots, stating, "According to research by Aarhus University in Denmark, 78% of the administrative districts in Seoul where ballot shortages occurred were strongholds for our People Power Party." He further lashed out at the inadequacy of the election system, noting, "An analysis of data from the past 16 years has additionally confirmed serious indications of vote counting errors, with hundreds of votes out of sync in seven towns, townships, and districts nationwide."
He added, "While the public was venting their anger over the flawed vote counting, the National Election Commission held a 'promotion feast' behind the scenes by revising personnel rules to shorten the required period for seniority-based promotions," and pointed out, "Over the past five years, a total of 466 people squandered 2.4 billion won in taxpayer money by taking 107 luxurious overseas business trips to tourist hotspots such as the Maldives and Florence." In particular, he criticized the duplicity of the "iron rice bowl" organization, which attempts to cover up its shortcomings with results reports worse than an elementary school student's diary.
In response, Chief Spokesperson Choi raised his voice, stating, "According to a Gallup Korea survey, 44% of the public is demanding a full-scale re-election, and the anger of young people in their 20s and 30s, who are sensitive to fairness, is overwhelming." He added, "The People Power Party will never overlook this incident that has undermined the transparency of the election and will immediately pursue a parliamentary investigation and a special prosecutor." Furthermore, he urged that a comprehensive audit be conducted into preferential appointments, frivolous overseas trips, and the overall flawed election to hold those responsible accountable to the very end.
The Ruling Party's Parliamentary Dictatorship
Finally, Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon pointed out that the Democratic Party is once again consistently maintaining an arbitrarily dictatorial and uncompromising attitude, attempting to neutralize even the mutual checks and balances mechanism that serves as the last bastion of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Chief Spokesperson Choi stated, “Not content with his insistence on monopolizing the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee to the very end, Floor Leader Han Byung-do is attempting to seize even the standing committees overseeing the economy, which were previously under the jurisdiction of the minority opposition party.” He argued that this constitutes a blatant declaration of parliamentary dictatorship that directly denies the constitutional system of coexistence and cooperative governance. Furthermore, he dismissed the Democratic Party’s obsession with the chairmanship, stating, “The reason the Democratic Party is fixated on the Judiciary Committee chairmanship is to use it as a bulletproof shield to protect against judicial risks within the ruling power and as an absolute barrier to manipulate bills that suit their tastes.” This was a strong criticism of their intention to swiftly push through bills not directly related to the people’s livelihoods, such as the abolition of the Prosecutor's Office, the crime of distorting the law, and the special prosecutor bill to cancel the indictment in the presidential case.
He continued by rebuking them, saying, “The behavior of discarding democratic control mechanisms like worn-out shoes the moment they seized power and became the majority, which they demanded when they were the minority, is a classic example of double standards.” He further condemned it as “an act that shakes to the roots the valuable parliamentary tradition established since democratization, where the minority opposition party has held the Judiciary Committee to check the government.” Furthermore, Chief Spokesperson Choi warned, “For the Democratic Party’s justification of a ‘working National Assembly’ to gain sincerity, they must first make a public promise not to demand standing committee chairmanships, even if they are eventually relegated to the opposition.” He added, “The majority seats granted by the people are not a privilege for the privatization of legislative power, but a duty to safeguard the constitutional order; therefore, if they do not cease their arrogant recklessness and restore the politics of checks and balances, they will face the judgment of the people, who have reached a breaking point.” hang5247@hanmail.net
