![National Assembly Operations Committee Chairman Han Byung-do votes on a resolution urging the expulsion of Rep. Kim Tae-gyu at a plenary session of the committee on Friday. People Power Party members did not participate in the vote. [Yonhap]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/10/02/news-p.v1.20261002.1e8c0e488f34461f948c4acd20b63ef7_P1.jpg)
The National Assembly's Operations Committee passed a resolution Friday urging the expulsion of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu, who said the actions of former presidents Yoon Suk Yeol and Chun Doo-hwan did not constitute insurrection. The Democratic Party of Korea drove the resolution through.
The committee approved the resolution through a secret ballot, with all 16 votes cast in favor. People Power Party members boycotted the vote.
Committee Chairman Han Byung-do, who also serves as floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, brought the resolution to a vote by waiving the 20-day deliberation period required under the National Assembly Act through a committee vote.
In presenting the resolution, Han said defending those who had attempted to subvert the constitutional order amounted to voluntarily forfeiting one's qualifications as a lawmaker. "If we let this pass without holding anyone accountable, we will never be able to bring to justice those who made a reckless attempt to trample on democracy, blinded by power," he said.
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