DP Stage Rally Calling for Enactment of Vetoed Bill on Marine Report Probe

The main opposition Democratic Party(DP) staged a large-scale rally in central Seoul on Saturday, calling for the enactment of a president-vetoed bill on a special counsel investigation into a military report on the death of a Marine last year.

The DP leadership, including party chief Lee Jae-myung, and representatives attended the rally denouncing the Yoon Suk Yeol administration near Seoul Station.

At a Supreme Council meeting on Friday, Lee said his party had decided on rallying in the streets as efforts inside the National Assembly were being made in vain.

The DP participated in a similar rally last Saturday alongside minor opposition parties and civic groups. It also re-tabled the bill with top priority upon the start of the 22nd Assembly on Thursday.

The ruling People Power Party(PPP) issued a statement criticizing the opposition bloc for neglecting the public’s livelihoods by staging the rally.