Park Kwang-on: "Lee Jae-myung's Warrant Request During Session Is a Political Act to Corner the Democratic Party"

"Comprehensive Investigations of Presidential Election Candidates, It's Time to End Now"

Park Kwang-on, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 23rd, addressing the prosecution investigating Lee Jae-myung, "I repeatedly urge the prosecution to request an arrest warrant for Representative Lee Jae-myung during the parliamentary recess."

Park Kwang-on, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 23rd. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Park stated, "The Democratic Party intends to conclude the session of the August extraordinary National Assembly within this week."

He added, "It is time to end the all-out investigation into the presidential election candidates that has been ongoing for a year and a half since the presidential election," emphasizing, "Requesting an arrest warrant during the recess to keep the promise made to the people to relinquish the right to immunity from arrest is justified." He further pointed out, "If the prosecution insists on sending a motion for consent to arrest Representative Lee during the regular session, it is a political act that goes beyond legally based investigation and aims to corner and damage the Democratic Party through extralegal means."

He also criticized, "The public already knows that if the motion for consent to arrest is rejected, attacking the Democratic Party as 'bulletproof' and if it is approved, inflicting political damage by claiming the party is divided is clearly an intention to create what is called a 'kkotnori-pae' (a winning hand in baduk) in baduk."

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