Democratic Party Gwangju Branch: "Prosecution's Invasion of Democratic Party, Signal of Yoon Administration's Manipulation"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Democratic Party of Korea’s Gwangju Metropolitan City Party claimed that “the prosecution’s invasion of the Democratic Party is a signal flare sounding the control of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.”

On the 24th, the Gwangju City Party stated, “The political prosecution of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration sent as many as 17 prosecutors and investigators to launch a surprise raid on the headquarters of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea,” adding, “The prosecutors of Yoon Seok-yeol’s political prosecution did not even notify that they were conducting a search and seizure, and infiltrated the office of the deputy director of the Democracy Research Institute on the 8th floor of the party headquarters by blending in with employees arriving at work.”

They continued, “It is shocking that prosecutors of the Republic of Korea secretly infiltrated the main opposition party’s headquarters like Japanese colonial-era informants,” and pointed out, “The fact that prosecutors entered the Democratic Party headquarters without revealing their identities or purposes and ‘invaded’ shows to the whole world that the prosecution under the Yoon Seok-yeol government has already deviated from the normal track and has fallen into the role of mercenaries for the regime.”

They also emphasized, “The bribery allegations against Deputy Director Kim Yong, cited by the prosecution as the reason for the search and seizure, are merely the prosecution’s claims; no evidence has emerged nor has anything been legally confirmed,” and added, “In this situation, the prosecution’s raid on the Democratic Party headquarters, even mentioning connections to election funds, is nothing but a political operation to cover up the failure of state administration and overcome the crisis through political confrontation.”

Furthermore, they said, “We hope that the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and the political prosecution immediately stop the oppression of the main opposition party aimed at completing the ‘prosecutorial empire,’” and pointed out, “The coercive search and seizure of the main opposition party’s headquarters, carried out while the national audit is underway and just one day before the president’s budget speech, will plunge the political situation into chaos where no one can foresee even an inch ahead.”

They went on, “Since the Yoon Seok-yeol government took office, the economy stands on the edge of a cliff, and people’s livelihoods are struggling in the abyss of despair, unable to escape the COVID-19 crisis,” and claimed, “A government that ignores normal state administration and wields the prosecution’s sword to engage in political strife will walk the path of certain ruin.”

They concluded, “Our Democratic Party of Korea Gwangju Metropolitan City Party’s lawmakers and supreme council members strongly warn the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and political prosecution, who raided the main opposition party’s headquarters as a political operation to escape the regime’s crisis and obstructed normal national audits and parliamentary operations,” adding, “The prosecution’s invasion of the Democratic Party headquarters will be a signal flare sounding the control of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.”

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