Park Hong-geun: "No Fraud, Only Embezzlement... Yoon as the Architect of 'Political Rival Removal'"

"Yoon Administration Trying to Make Opposition Leader a Criminal
Fabricating Charges... Warrants Also Flawed"

[Asia Economy Reporters Oh Ju-yeon and Park Joon-yi] The Democratic Party of Korea has reached a consensus to 'reject' the arrest consent motion for Representative Lee Jae-myung at the National Assembly plenary session on the 27th. In response, they strongly criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol, who approved the motion, calling him the "original architect of political opponent elimination."

Park Hong-geun, the floor leader, stated at the Supreme Council meeting that morning, "At yesterday's party meeting, the Democratic Party agreed that the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant for Representative Lee Jae-myung and the government's submission of the arrest consent motion were extremely unjust, and decided to confidently reject it through autonomous voting."

Park added, "There was a time when they fabricated crimes that did not exist. Now, that is a story only seen in movies and novels about dictatorial regimes," and criticized, "The Yoon administration is going back decades, making every effort solely to create nonexistent crimes to turn the opposition leader into a criminal."

He continued, "Dozens of prosecutors mobilized personnel to trace accounts but failed to present even a single cent of evidence," pointing out, "It is natural that there is nothing to include in the warrant."

Targeting President Yoon, he fiercely condemned, "By approving a bogus warrant under the pretext of formality, he has officially admitted to being the ultimate mastermind behind the opposition destruction operation and the original architect of political opponent elimination."

Park Hong-geun demanded, "If the prosecution wants to apply breach of trust charges against Representative Lee, they should conduct a full investigation starting with the fact that during the Busan LCT development project, not only was there no recovery, but the private sector took all the development profits," questioning, "Isn't it because there is no wrongdoing that they have resorted to mere breach of trust charges?"

He emphasized, "The Democratic Party will reveal the truth and stand against immorality," and vowed, "We will fight resolutely."

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