32 PPP lawmakers joined by 2 others in urging president to drop military academy integration

The resolution called on Lee Jae Myung to drop the initiative and retract his assertion that all past coups were led by Korea Military Academy graduates.

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Rep. Yoo Yong-won of the main opposition People Power Party speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul on Aug. 7.

Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday submitted a resolution urging the Lee Jae Myung administration to drop its push to integrate the nation's military academies into a single institution.

The resolution, signed by 32 PPP lawmakers and two other lawmakers, called on Lee to retract his remarks suggesting that graduates of the Korea Military Academy had been behind all of the country's past military coups.

It also urged the government to halt its drive to establish an integrated military academy by combining academies of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, calling the move "politically motivated."

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The resolution was backed by independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon — a former PPP leader — and Rep. Chun Ha-ram, floor leader of the minor opposition Reform Party.

During a policy briefing by the Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday, Lee warned about the risk of another coup by Army elites as he called for the swift integration of military academies.


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