Yoo Seung-min: "If Lee's Arrest Motion Passes, Kim Gun-hee and the 5 Billion Won Special Prosecutor Must Follow"

"Minju, Vote According to Your Conviction and Conscience"
"If You Throw a 'Bangtan', Progress Will Follow"

Ahead of the vote on the arrest motion for Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min argued, "Democratic Party lawmakers should vote according to their conscience and beliefs as independent constitutional bodies."

In a post on Facebook on the 27th, former lawmaker Yoo stated, "If, as the Democratic Party claims, the prosecution under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration has unjustly targeted Lee, who has committed no illegal acts, with political retaliation, the court will dismiss the warrant, and even if the prosecution indicts, the court will acquit."

Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

He continued, "Democratic Party lawmakers must trust the judiciary, the last bastion of the separation of powers," adding, "It goes without saying that if there is guilt, appropriate punishment should be received."

Yoo also said, "If the Democratic Party passes the arrest motion for Lee Jae-myung and demands prosecution investigations or special prosecutors into the so-called Daejang-dong 5 billion Club or someone’s stock manipulation allegations, who could possibly refuse?" He argued that if the arrest motion for Lee is approved, it would provide grounds for the Democratic Party to push for the so-called 'double special prosecutors' regarding First Lady Kim Geon-hee’s stock manipulation suspicions and the Daejang-dong 5 billion Club.

He added, "Politics is about just cause. If Democratic Party lawmakers discard the 'Lee Jae-myung shield,' our politics will advance one step. I hope they do not throw away this precious opportunity for historical progress."

Meanwhile, the arrest motion for Lee is scheduled to be voted on at the National Assembly plenary session at 2:30 p.m. today. Earlier, on the 21st, the Democratic Party held a party meeting and agreed to reject the arrest motion.

Considering the Democratic Party’s majority seats, the arrest motion is likely to be rejected, but since the vote will be conducted anonymously, the Democratic Party is closely monitoring whether any dissenting votes will occur.

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