Lee Jun-seok's Side: "Ethics Committee Decision is Judicial Interference... 'Yangduguyuk' is Freedom of Expression"

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok is expressing his position as he attends the hearing on the injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the People Power Party's party rules held at the Seoul Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 14th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporters Lee Ji-eun and Kwon Hyun-ji] On the 18th, the Ethics Committee of the People Power Party decided to initiate disciplinary action against former representative Lee Jun-seok's side, prompting Lee Jun-seok's legal team to protest, calling the Ethics Committee's decision "an act of judicial obstruction."

In a statement on the 19th, the legal team said, "The decision to initiate disciplinary action against Lee Jun-seok as party leader is an act of judicial obstruction aimed at influencing the 3rd and 4th provisional injunctions, and a retaliatory act in court after consecutive losses in injunction cases."

They added, "The term 'new military regime,' which serves as the basis for this disciplinary action, was not a public remark made by Representative Lee Jun-seok but was leaked by the People Power Party from Lee Jun-seok's handwritten petition submitted in the first provisional injunction trial," emphasizing that "it cannot serve as grounds for disciplinary measures."

Regarding other controversial remarks such as 'dog meat' and 'yangduguyuk' (a metaphor meaning 'a show of loyalty but actual betrayal'), they stated, "Metaphorical expressions must be absolutely guaranteed as political freedom of expression."

The legal team referenced Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and said, "The legal representatives will take all legal measures, including provisional injunctions and UN complaints, against the People Power Party's additional severe disciplinary actions."

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