Will the Arrest Motion for Lee Jae-myung Be Raised at the Chuseok Table? "Warrant Expected to Be Requested During the Week"

An Minseok "If reporting to the plenary session on the 18th, it must be during the week"
Park Jumin "Will set the date so that the warrant request is raised on the Chuseok table"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, completed a prosecution summons investigation on the 9th but did not sign the suspect interrogation record. As a result, the prosecution requested Lee to appear again on the 12th. The Democratic Party believes that the prosecution's request for reappearance is aimed at putting Lee's arrest motion on the Chuseok holiday agenda, and it is expected that the prosecution will file a detention warrant as early as the week after next.

On the 11th, Democratic Party lawmaker Ahn Min-seok said on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show', "It seems the prosecution intends to detain Lee before Chuseok, and they want to put this on the table during the Chuseok holiday."

The reason the prosecution wants to put the arrest motion vote result on the Chuseok holiday agenda is to further solidify the 'shielded National Assembly' frame. Lawmaker Ahn said, "They are trying to impose an image of corruption on the Democratic Party and Lee Jae-myung, as well as aiming to cause division within the party," adding, "To do so, it seems they have precisely set the detention timing before Chuseok."

On the 12th day of his hunger strike at the National Assembly, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is sitting at the tent protest site in front of the main building on the morning of the 11th. Lee was unable to attend the Supreme Council meeting held in the morning. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

To hold the arrest motion vote right before the Chuseok holiday starting on the 29th, the detention warrant must be filed this week to fit the schedule. He explained, "If you calculate backward, the plenary sessions are scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday (the 20th and 21st). The vote must take place then," adding, "For that, another plenary session is scheduled for next Monday (the 18th), where a report will be made, so the warrant must be filed this week."

Democratic Party lawmaker Park Ju-min also said on BBS's 'Jeon Young-shin's Morning Journal', "Considering the current atmosphere and especially the investigative behavior of special prosecutors, it seems likely that a warrant will be filed," adding, "If there is an intention to politically exploit a political case or any case, they would want the warrant filing against Lee to be on the Chuseok holiday table, and they will set the dates and functions accordingly."

However, there is also speculation that the prosecution may not file a detention warrant due to political burdens. Democratic Party lawmaker Ko Min-jung said on MBN's 'Sisa Special' the day before, "From the perspective of the People Power Party and the government, seeing the Democratic Party always stirred up because of Lee's presence and the uproar whenever the prosecution investigates, they might want to hold onto this issue until next year's general election," adding, "If the warrant is filed now, it could lead to a decisive outcome between the left and right camps, so I am somewhat critical about whether the warrant will actually be filed."

If Lee refuses to appear again or, even if he does, refuses to sign the suspect interrogation record again, the prosecution will face the political burden of having to file the warrant without additional investigation. In this case, the Democratic Party may reject the arrest motion on the grounds that it is not a 'legitimate warrant request.' People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun said on YTN's 'News King Park Ji-hoon', "For example, if the prosecution files a detention warrant tomorrow after the investigation, the explanation probably won't be sufficient. Additional investigation might even be difficult," adding, "If they file the warrant without additional investigation, it will be considered an unjust warrant request, and the pro-Lee faction will reject it."

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