Won Hee-ryong's Side: "Free Legal Defense for Close Ties?... Is This the 'Jaemyung' Rights Committee?"

People Power Party presidential candidate and former Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] The camp of former Jeju Governor and People Power Party presidential candidate Won Hee-ryong strongly criticized the remarks of Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, who said "If you are close, you can provide legal defense for free," calling it the "Jae-myeong Rights Commission."

Park Yong-chan, chief spokesperson for Won's 'One Team Camp,' stated in a commentary on the 21st, "No matter how much you think about it, Chairperson Jeon's remarks are shocking," adding, "It should change its name from the 'People's Rights Commission' to the 'Jae-myeong Rights Commission.'

Park continued, "Even if a student offers a canned coffee to a teacher, it is reported as a violation of the Kim Young-ran Act (Improper Solicitation and Graft Act)," and said, "Who can accept the idea that a student's offering of canned coffee is guilty, but the ruling party's presidential candidate's luxurious legal defense team providing free defense is innocent?"

He also pointed out, "The Rights Commission, which should uphold the Kim Young-ran Act, has completely nullified it to save the ruling party's presidential candidate," and criticized, "The prosecution has turned into the election camp of Lee Jae-myeong, the final candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, and now even the Rights Commission is volunteering to become Lee's election camp."

Furthermore, Park said, "The absurd voter interpretation by the Election Commission during the April 7 by-elections, which stated that expressions like 'incompetence, hypocrisy, and double standards' cannot be used, comes back like a nightmare," adding, "Considering this is the situation four months before the election, it is dizzying just to think about how unprecedented large-scale government intervention in elections will be carried out as the election approaches."

Chairperson Jeon appeared at the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee audit the previous day and said regarding the controversy over Lee's free legal defense, "It is possible to provide free legal defense to very close people such as acquaintances or friends," and added, "It is difficult to see this itself as a violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act."

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