Lee Won-wook "Prosecutors Likely to Send Arrest Motion for Lee Jae-myung During August Extraordinary National Assembly"

As the judicial risk surrounding Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, reignites, there are expectations that the prosecution will resend a motion for consent to arrest him. Meanwhile, Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Won-wook speculated that it is highly likely that the motion for consent to arrest will be sent during the August extraordinary session of the National Assembly.

On the 24th, Lee said on YTN's "News King Park Ji-hoon" program, "Whether this motion is passed or rejected, it seems highly likely that the prosecution will interpret it as an opportunity to create significant internal strife within the Democratic Party."

Lee Won-wook, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is questioning and debating at the plenary committee meeting for the review of the resolution on the improvement of the parliamentary election system during the 4th session of the 405th National Assembly (extraordinary session) held at the National Assembly on the 13th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

There are growing expectations that the motion for consent to arrest Lee may be sent again, following reports that former Gyeonggi Province Peace Deputy Governor Lee Hwa-young, who was indicted while in custody, reversed her previous stance during the prosecution's investigation, stating that she had reported to Lee Jae-myung.

Lee said, "The outcome of the trial scheduled for this week seems to be the key. If the prosecution gains confidence from the testimony results, they will probably send the motion for consent to arrest. Since there is no session from July 29 to August 15, I believe it is much more likely that they will send it during the August extraordinary session starting on August 16 rather than before."

The Democratic Party has adopted a party stance to waive the privilege against arrest but has attached the condition of a "legitimate warrant request." Lee expressed regret, saying, "Since we waived the privilege against arrest and passed it as a party stance, it would have been much better if the phrase 'legitimate' had not been added as a caveat."

He further explained the background of adopting the conditional party stance on waiving the privilege against arrest, saying, "During the process of adopting the party stance, there were many concerns from various lawmakers, especially with the Yoon Seok-youl administration in power, raising worries that a 'prosecutor republic,' particularly a special investigation prosecutor republic, is being completed."

Lee also stated that even if the motion for consent to arrest is not "legitimate," the likelihood of it being passed has increased. He said, "Although we added the caveat 'legitimate' when adopting the party stance, in reality, even if the motion for consent to arrest is not considered 'legitimate' when it comes in, the Democratic Party is very likely to pass it. I cannot speak for other lawmakers, but especially regarding Lee Jae-myung, it is correct to say that the waiver of the privilege against arrest has been clearly made."

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