 ▲ 최수진 국민의힘 원내수석대변인이 국회소통관 언론 브리핑을 통해 현안에 대한 논평을 이어가고 있다. © 이제항 선임기자 |
브레이크뉴스 이제항 선임기자/시인 = 최수진 국민의힘 원내수석대변인은 20일 논평을 통해 한미연합훈련 조기 종료 및 미 전략자산 이동에 따른 안보 무능, 김민석 신임 민주당 대표의 사법부 겁박 행태, 그리고 전력 대책 없는 반도체 산단 추진과 환경 내로남불 등 이재명 정부의 국정 난맥상을 비판하며 구체적인 대안 제시와 정책 기조 전환을 촉구했다.
“훈련은 조기 종료, 항모는 중동으로...정부는 '뒷북 확인'만 하고 있다”
먼저, 최수진 원내수석대변인은 한미연합훈련의 조기 종료와 미 전략자산의 전개 변경에 따른 안보 불안을 지적했다.
최수진 원내수석대변인은 “오늘 합참이 한미연합훈련을 당초 예정보다 6일 앞당겨 조기 종료한다고 밝혔다”며, “야외기동훈련 축소와 연합사 지휘소 이원화까지, 트럼프 대통령의 SNS 한 줄 지시가 사흘 만에 현실화된 것”이라고 비판했다. 또한, “서태평양에 머물던 미 항공모함마저 중동으로 이동했다”며, “훈련 축소에 이어 핵심 전략자산까지 빠져나가면서 한미 공조 균열에 대한 국민적 우려가 고조되고 있다”고 지적했다.
그러면서 “70년 넘게 쌓아온 한미동맹의 가치를 훼손해 온 이재명 정부의 누적된 실책이 결국 이번 훈련 축소로 터져 나온 것”이라며 “대미 투자 협상 표류와 안보 사령탑의 번복 발언이 동맹의 신뢰를 지속적으로 갉아먹고 있다”고 꼬집었다. 아울러 “그럼에도 정부는 원론적인 '긴밀한 협의'만 외칠 뿐, 미 측의 일방적 결정에 아무런 목소리도 내지 못하고 끌려다니고 있다”며 “국민에게 선제적으로 상황을 설명하기는커녕, 매번 뒤늦게 '뒷북 확인'만 되풀이하는 '무능한 안보'의 전형”이라고 목소리를 높였다.
이어 최 원내수석대변인은 “이재명 정부는 더 이상 수동적인 '사후약방문'식 태도를 버려야 한다”며, “축소된 훈련을 보완할 자체 대비태세를 점검하고, 미국을 향해서도 당당히 목소리를 내야 한다”고 강조했다. 아울러 “정부는 흔들리는 한미 군사공조를 바로잡을 구체적인 대안을 즉각 국민 앞에 제시할 것”을 촉구했다.
김민석 신임 당대표의 '완장 정치', 사법부 겁박으로 시작한 첫 행보
이어, 최수진 원내수석대변인은 김민석 민주당 신임 당대표의 사법부를 향한 공격적 언행을 비판했다. 최수진 원내수석대변인은 “김민석 민주당 대표가 취임 직후 택한 것은 민생이 아닌 사법부 흔들기였다”며, “조희대 대법원장을 '법기술원장', '불량학생'에 빗대고 '내란 공범의 길로 가려 한다'고 몰아붙이며 이재명 정권의 호위무사를 자처했다”고 주장했다. 또한, “대법관 제청권은 사법부의 핵심 권한이자 대법원장 고유의 권한”이라며, “그런데도 여당의 신임 대표가 헌법기관의 수장에게 '나가라'며 정치 공세에 앞장서고 있다”고 경고했다.
그러면서 “거대 권력을 쥔 여당 대표가 사법부 수장의 거취까지 공개적으로 압박하는 것은 헌정사에 유례가 없는 폭거”라며 “민주당 서영교 법사위원장 등은 이미 '대법원장 탄핵과 법 왜곡죄 처벌'까지 거론했고, 법사위 소속 의원들은 조희대 대법원장에 대한 출석 요구 안건까지 의결하며 공개적으로 망신을 주겠다는 의도를 노골화했다”고 꼬집었다.
아울러 “지금 이재명 정권의 지지율이 5주 연속 하락하며 취임 후 최저치를 기록하고 있는 것은 출범 이후 1년간 민생과 경제는 뒷전에 둔 채 오직 정권 유지와 이재명 대통령 지키기에만 매달려 왔기 때문”이라며 “신임 당대표의 취임 일성이 '사법부 길들이기'라면 이 정권이 민생을 챙길 여력이 남아있기는 한 것인지 되묻지 않을 수 없다”고 지적했다.
최 원내수석대변인은 “김민석 대표는 이재명 정권의 총리로 지난 1년간 국민의 목소리를 외면한 채 정권 유지에만 전념해 왔다”며 “이제라도 정치개혁을 빙자한 사법 탄압과 사법부 장악 시도를 즉각 중단하고 국민을 섬기는 자세로 돌아오기를 강력히 촉구한다”고 요구했다.
대책 없는 ‘사상누각’ 국정, ‘환경 내로남불’과 ‘반미 자해극’이 국가 과제인가
마지막으로, 최수진 원내수석대변인은 정부의 반도체 정책 추진 과정에서 드러난 난맥상과 진영 논리를 엄중히 경고했다. 최수진 원내수석대변인은 “이재명 정부의 국가 핵심 과제들이 거대한 '사상누각'임이 백일하에 드러났다”며, “정부는 2041년까지 반도체 산단에 2000만kW의 전력을 공급하겠다고 큰소리쳤지만, 정작 핵심인 송전망 노선이나 필수 저장 장치(ESS) 대책은 쏙 빠져 있다”고 지적했다. 이어 “어떻게 전기를 끌어올지 해법은 덮어둔 채 장밋빛 목표만 던져놓은 무책임한 맹탕 대책일 뿐”이라고 비판했다.
또한 “진영 논리에 갇힌 '환경 내로남불'은 목불인견”이라며, “전남광주 반도체 부지에서 불과 7m 거리에는 멸종위기종이 서식하는 장록습지가 있고 국제 람사르 습지 등록까지 신청해 놓고서, 이재명 대통령의 '전격전' 주문 한마디에 환경영향평가마저 건너뛰려 한다”고 주장했다. 그러면서 “과거 주차장 조성에도 생태계 파괴라며 핏대를 세우던 환경단체들이 초대형 개발 앞에서 입을 닫으며 선택적 분노의 민낯을 보이고 있다”고 꼬집었다.
아울러 “국가 미래 먹거리를 둔 이념 선동은 촌극의 절정”이라며 “호남 반도체 부지 앞에서는 '미군 철수'를 부르짖는 반미 집회가 열렸고 집권 여당인 민주당 의원들은 축사 영상까지 보냈다”고 언급했다. 최 원내수석대변인은 “최대 수요처인 미국을 향해 주먹을 흔들며 반도체 산업을 육성하겠다는 것은 국가 경제의 숨통을 스스로 끊는 치명적인 자해 행위”라고 경고했다. 끝으로 “보여주기식 수치만 앞세우는 무능, 겉으론 친환경을 외치는 이중성, 철 지난 반미 이념으로 발목을 잡는 촌극 속에서 대한민국이 길을 잃고 있다”며, “이재명 정부는 낡은 포퓰리즘과 '무대포 속도전'을 즉각 멈추고 망상에서 깨어나 국가 존망이 걸린 반도체 산업의 진짜 해법을 내놓아야 한다”고 주문했다. hang5247@hanmail.net
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Choi Su-jin, Chief Spokesperson for the People Power Party: “Lee Administration Lost Judgment Amidst Security Incompetence, Judicial Intimidation, and Governance Chaos”
- Criticism of the government’s “delayed response” regarding the early termination of ROK-US joint military exercises and the withdrawal of strategic assets
- Pointing out attempts to tame the judiciary, such as attacks on the Chief Justice by Kim Min-seok, the new leader of the Democratic Party
- Warning of governance chaos including inadequate power grids for semiconductor industrial complexes, double standards regarding the environment, and anti-American ideological incitement
— Lee Je-hang, Senior Reporter/Poet, Break News
In a commentary released on the 20th, Choi Su-jin, the Chief Spokesperson for the People Power Party, criticized the Lee Jae-myung administration’s governance chaos. She highlighted security incompetence stemming from the early termination of ROK-US joint military exercises and the relocation of US strategic assets, the intimidation tactics against the judiciary by Kim Min-seok, the push for semiconductor industrial complexes without adequate power supply measures, and double standards regarding the environment. She urged the administration to present concrete alternatives and shift its policy direction.
“Early Termination of Exercises, Aircraft Carriers to the Middle East... The Government Is Only ‘Confirming the Belated’”
First, Chief Spokesperson Choi Su-jin pointed out security anxieties arising from the early termination of the ROK-U.S. joint military exercises and changes in the deployment of U.S. strategic assets. Chief Spokesperson Choi stated, “Today, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the ROK-U.S. joint exercises would be terminated six days earlier than originally scheduled,” and criticized, “From the reduction of field maneuver exercises to the dualization of the Combined Forces Command’s command center, President Trump’s one-line directive on social media has become a reality in just three days.”
Furthermore, she noted, “Even the U.S. aircraft carrier that had been stationed in the Western Pacific has moved to the Middle East,” adding, “With the reduction of exercises followed by the withdrawal of key strategic assets, public concern over a rift in ROK-U.S. cooperation is escalating.” He pointed out, “The accumulated mistakes of the Lee Jae-myung administration, which have undermined the value of the ROK-U.S. alliance built over more than 70 years, have finally erupted into this reduction of the military exercises,” adding that “the stalled investment negotiations with the U.S. and the reversal of statements by the security command center are continuously eroding the alliance’s trust.”
Furthermore, she raised his voice, stating, “Despite this, the government merely calls for the principled ‘close consultation,’ failing to raise any voice against the U.S. side’s unilateral decisions and being dragged along.” She described it as “a typical example of ‘incompetent security’ that, far from proactively explaining the situation to the public, repeatedly engages in belated ‘reactionary checks.’”
Chief Spokesperson Choi continued, “The Lee Jae-myung administration must abandon its passive ‘too little, too late’ attitude,” emphasizing that “it must inspect its own readiness to compensate for the reduced exercises and speak out confidently toward the United States.” In addition, they urged the government to “immediately present to the public concrete alternatives to rectify the wavering ROK-U.S. military cooperation.”
New Party Leader Kim Min-seok’s ‘Armband Politics’: His First Move Begins with Intimidating the Judiciary
Following this, Chief Spokesperson Choi Su-jin criticized the aggressive rhetoric directed at the judiciary by Kim Min-seok, the new leader of the Democratic Party. Chief Spokesperson Choi stated, “What Democratic Party Leader Kim Min-seok chose immediately after taking office was to shake up the judiciary rather than the people’s livelihoods,” arguing that “he likened Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae to a ‘Director of the Institute of Legal Sciences’ and a ‘delinquent student,’ and pushed him by accusing him of ‘trying to walk the path of an accomplice to insurrection,’ thereby acting as a self-proclaimed bodyguard for the Lee Jae-myung administration.” Furthermore, she warned, “The power to nominate Supreme Court Justices is a core authority of the judiciary and the exclusive authority of the Chief Justice,” adding, “Yet, the new leader of the ruling party is leading a political offensive by telling the head of a constitutional institution to ‘get out.’”
She went on to criticize, stating, “It is an unprecedented outrage in constitutional history for the leader of the ruling party, who holds immense power, to publicly pressure the head of the judiciary regarding his position.” She pointed out, “Democratic Party Judiciary Committee Chair Seo Young-kyo and others have already raised the issue of ‘impeaching the Chief Justice and punishing him for distorting the law,’ and members of the committee have blatantly revealed their intention to publicly humiliate him by passing a motion to summon Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae.”
Furthermore, she noted, “The fact that the Lee Jae-myung administration’s approval rating has fallen for five consecutive weeks and hit its lowest point since taking office is because, for the past year since its launch, it has focused solely on maintaining power and protecting President Lee Jae-myung while neglecting the people’s livelihoods and the economy.” She added, “If the new party leader’s inaugural address is ‘taming the judiciary,’ one cannot help but question whether this administration still has the capacity to attend to the people’s livelihoods.”
Chief Spokesperson Choi demanded, “As Prime Minister of the Lee Jae-myung administration, Representative Kim Min-seok has focused solely on maintaining power for the past year while ignoring the voices of the people,” adding, “We strongly urge him to immediately cease judicial suppression and attempts to seize control of the judiciary under the guise of political reform, and to return to an attitude of serving the people.”
Is a ‘house built on sand’ governance without countermeasures, and are ‘environmental double standards’ and ‘anti-American self-harm’ the national agenda?
Finally, Chief Spokesperson Choi Su-jin issued a stern warning regarding the disarray and partisan logic revealed in the process of the government’s semiconductor policy implementation. Chief Spokesperson Choi Su-jin stated, “It has been revealed in broad daylight that the Lee Jae-myung administration’s core national tasks are a massive ‘house built on sand.’” She pointed out, “The government boasted that it would supply 20 million kW of electricity to semiconductor industrial complexes by 2041, but crucial measures such as transmission network routes and essential Energy Storage Systems (ESS) have been completely omitted.” She continued to criticize, “It is merely an irresponsible, empty plan that throws out rosy goals while covering up solutions on how to actually bring in the electricity.”
Furthermore, she asserted, “The ‘environmental double standards’ trapped in partisan logic are unbearable to watch.” She argued, “Despite the fact that the Jangnok Wetland, home to endangered species, is located just 7 meters away from the semiconductor site in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, and that they have even applied for registration as an International Ramsar site, they are attempting to skip even the environmental impact assessment at the mere command of President Lee Jae-myung for a ‘blitzkrieg.’” She pointed out, “Environmental groups, which used to raise their voices claiming ecosystem destruction even over the construction of parking lots in the past, are now keeping their mouths shut in the face of mega-development, revealing the true face of selective rage.”
She added, “Ideological incitement regarding the nation’s future growth engines is the pinnacle of a farce,” noting, “Anti-American rallies calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops were held in front of the Honam semiconductor site, and lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party even sent congratulatory video messages.” Chief Spokesperson Choi warned, “Waving a fist at the United States, the largest consumer, while claiming to foster the semiconductor industry is a fatal act of self-harm that suffocates the national economy.” Finally, She stated, “South Korea is losing its way amidst a farce involving incompetence that prioritizes only performative figures, duplicity that outwardly cries for eco-friendliness, and being held back by outdated anti-American ideology.” She urged, “The Lee Jae-myung administration must immediately stop its old populism and ‘reckless speed campaign,’ wake up from its delusions, and present a genuine solution for the semiconductor industry, on which the nation’s survival depends.”
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