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一 | 박성준 "장 대표, 길바닥에서 선동 정치 일삼아"이용우 "징계, 줄세우기로 장동혁 사당만 남아" 장동혁 국민의힘 대표가 26일 오후 서울 여의도 국민의힘 중앙당사에서 당대표 취임 1주년 기자회견을 하고 있다. ⓒ데일리안 홍금표 기자[데일리안 = 김민석 기자] 더불어민주당이 취임 1주년을 맞은 장동혁 국민의힘 대표를 향해 "장동혁 체제 1년, 남은 건 극우 선동과 윤어게인 뿐"이라고 비판했다. 특히 6·3 지방선거 과정에서 불거진 투표 용지 부족 사태에 집중한 장 대표의 모습을 '길바닥 선동정치'로 규정하며 "대한민국 정치에 보수와 야당이 실종됐다"고 날을 세우기도 했다.박성준 민주당 수석대변인은 26일 서면 브리핑을 내어 "장 대표는 극우세력 음모론에 편승해 국회는 내팽개치고 길바닥에서 선동정치를 일삼았다"면서 "연일 망언을 일삼는 이진숙, 김태규 의원 같은 윤 어게인 세력을 공천해 국회를 '윤 어게인의 놀이터'로 만들었다"고 비판했다.박 수석대변인은 "장 대표는 반대파에게는 윤리위원회라는 칼을 휘둘러 숙청 정치를 이어가고 있다. 대한민국 정치에 보수와 야당이 실종됐다"며 "아직 장 대표에게는 1년이라는 시간이 남아 있다. 제1야당으로 본연의 역할을 다해달라"고 촉구했다.이용우 민주당 대변인도 이날 국회에서 브리핑을 열어 "장 대표의 1년은 민심과 함께하는 보수의 새 길은 없고 윤어게인 뿐이었다"고 평가 절하했다.이 대변인은 장 대표의 취임 1주년 기자회견문을 거론하며 "장 대표가 '국민 속으로 들어가 민심과 함께하는 보수의 새 길을 찾겠다'고 공언했는데 지난 1년간 장 대표의 행보는 민심과 거리가 멀었다. 장 대표가 서 있던 곳은 민생의 현장이 아닌 부정선거 음모론이 판치는 현장이었다"고 지적했다.이어 "‘이재명 정부에게 내란 몰이를 당했다'고 말했지만, 실제로는 윤어게인을 선언하며 내란을 옹호했고 보수 쇄신은커녕 극우 세력과 밀착했다"며 "장 대표가 그토록 요구했던 잠실 올림픽공원 투표소 재검표 역시 국민의힘의 몽니로 하염없이 미뤄지고 있다"고 꼬집었다.그러면서 "1년 간 국민의 삶을 챙기기보다는 정치적 갈등과 음모론에 매달리는 모습만 반복적으로 보여줘 국민을 대표해야 하는 공당은 증발했고, 징계와 줄세우기를 통한 '장동혁 사당만 남았다"며 "국회 안에서 민생을 논의하고 대안을 모색하는 책임있는 자세를 촉구한다"고 목소리를 높였다.앞서 장 대표는 이날 오전 서울 여의도 국민의힘 중앙당사에서 취임 1주년 회견을 열고 "이재명 정권이 대한민국을 무너뜨리도록 그냥 놓아둬선 안 된다"며 "2028년 총선에서 과반 승리를 거둬야 한다. 반드시 정권을 탈환해야 한다"고 강조했다.장 대표는 "지금 대한민국은 독재의 마지막 문턱에 있다"면서 "이재명 독재의 문을 열 재판 취소와 연임 개헌 시도를 국민과 함께 반드시 막아내겠다"고 덧붙였다.。 LOS ANGELES -- By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire, 34 people had been killed in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.The Labor Day tragedy in 2019 spurred changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and civil lawsuits. Now four years later, a federal trial for the Conception's captain, Jerry Boylan, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection in Los Angeles.It's been a long, frustrating wait for the families of those who perished. They say a judge's ruling that their loved ones should not be called “victims” at trial has only added to their pain. “The past four years have been like living in a nightmare that you don’t wake up from,” said Kathleen McIlvain, whose 44-year-old son Charles was killed. The 75-foot (23-meter) boat was anchored off the Channel Islands, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Santa Barbara, on Sept. 2, 2019, when it caught fire before dawn on the last day of a three-day excursion, sinking less than 100 feet (30 meters) from shore. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed Boylan for the tragedy, saying his failure to post a roving night watchman allowed the fire to quickly spread undetected, trapping the 33 passengers and one crew member below. Those on board included a new deckhand who’d landed her dream job and an environmental scientist who did research in Antarctica, along with a globe-trotting couple, a Singaporean data scientist, three sisters, their father and his wife. U.S. District Judge George Wu on Oct. 12 granted Boylan's request to bar most if not all references to “victims” — which the captain's attorneys say is a prejudicial term that jeopardizes his right to a fair trial. It's the latest setback for the prosecution.A grand jury in 2020 initially indicted Boylan on 34 counts of a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as “seaman’s manslaughter” that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters. Each count carries up to 10 years in prison in a conviction, for a total of 340 years.Defense lawyers sought to dismiss those charges, arguing the deaths were the result of a single incident and not separate crimes. Prosecutors got a superseding indictment charging Boylan with only one count.Then in 2022, Wu ruled the superseding indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, saying that was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter. He dismissed that indictment, forcing prosecutors to go before a grand jury again.Boylan is now charged with one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer. The single count means he faces only 10 years behind bars if convicted.He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. His federal public defenders did not return The Associated Press' repeated requests for comment, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment.Some of the dead were wearing shoes, prompting investigators to believe they were awake and trying to escape. Both exits from the below-deck bunkroom were blocked by flames. Coroner’s reports list smoke inhalation as the cause of death, though official autopsies were never conducted.What exactly started the predawn fire remains unknown. Early official scrutiny appeared to focus on a spot where divers plugged in phones and other electronics. But a Los Angeles Times story, citing a confidential report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the blaze began in a plastic trash can on the main deck though an official cause remains undetermined. Boylan and four crew members sleeping in the upper deck told investigators they tried to save the others but were ultimately forced to jump overboard to survive. Boylan made a mayday call at 3:14 a.m. just before abandoning ship.Dozens of family members have since formed “Advocacy34” to push for strengthened boating regulations. While seeking answers, they’ve comforted each other during loved ones’ missed birthdays and mourned each anniversary.“We have no idea when we’ll get those answers, or if we ever will,” McIlvain said.At the time of the fire, no owner, operator or charterer had been cited or fined for failure to post a roving patrol since 1991, Coast Guard records showed.The NTSB faulted the Coast Guard for not enforcing that requirement and recommended it develop a program to ensure boats with overnight passengers actually have the watchman.The Coast Guard has since enacted new regulations regarding fire detection systems, extinguishers, escape routes and other safety measures as mandated by Congress. But it has yet to implement a comprehensive safety management system after industry advocates pushed back, citing costs.Victims' families have sued the Coast Guard in one of several ongoing civil suits.Three days after the inferno, Truth Aquatics Inc., which belongs to the Conception’s owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability to the remains of the boat, which was a total loss. The time-tested legal maneuver has been successfully employed by the owners of the Titanic and other vessels, and requires the Fritzlers show they were not at fault.The couple's attorneys did not respond to requests for comment.In response to the families' outcry, federal lawmakers last year updated the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 so owners can be held liable for damages regardless of the boat’s value afterward. The law is not retroactive, however, and will not apply in the case of the Conception.。