Democratic Party Moves to Waive Immunity from Arrest... "No Extraordinary Session to Prevent Rejection of Arrest Consent Bill"

Democratic Party's Supreme Council Unanimously Decides... To Gather Party Consensus

The Democratic Party of Korea has decided to accept the proposal from the Party Innovation Committee to give up parliamentary immunity from arrest. The party's Supreme Council has set the direction to relinquish this immunity and plans to gather the consensus of its members.

On the 26th, Kwon Chil-seung, the Democratic Party's chief spokesperson, met with reporters after the Supreme Council meeting at the National Assembly and stated, "We respect the Innovation Committee's proposal regarding parliamentary immunity from arrest," adding, "We will not convene a special session to reject arrest consent motions but will secure a non-session period to allow for substantive warrant hearings."

He further explained, "If a request for arrest consent is made during a session, we will not decide to reject it as a party stance," and "The principle is to go out and undergo the (warrant) hearing during the non-session period."

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 26th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Regarding internal discussions, he said, "The Supreme Council reached a unanimous conclusion," and "We will work to gather the consensus of our members on giving up parliamentary immunity."

Earlier, on the 23rd, the Democratic Party Innovation Committee held a closed meeting and demanded that all Democratic Party lawmakers submit a pledge to relinquish parliamentary immunity and adopt a party stance to approve future arrest motions. Yoon Hyung-jung, spokesperson for the Innovation Committee, stated, "Parliamentary immunity is a constitutional right guaranteed to lawmakers, but the Democratic Party intends to proactively give it up, trust the judiciary's judgment on arrests and detentions, and establish internal procedures to provide legal support through party investigations to ensure that no one is unfairly treated if issues arise."

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