Hong Jun-pyo: "The Ruling Party Must Stop Politicizing Prosecution Investigations by Clinging to Lee Jae-myung"

Rep. Lee Jae-myung's Arrest Warrant Dismissed on SNS
"Hope It Reborn as a Policy Party True to the Ruling Party"

Hong Jun-pyo, Mayor of Daegu, commented on the dismissal of the arrest warrant for Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "The People Power Party now needs to abandon the prosecution-led political investigation that only clings to Lee Jae-myung and show a transformation into a policy-oriented ruling party."

On the 27th, Mayor Hong posted on Facebook, "The case involving Lee Jae-myung, who has been at the center of corruption scandals for the past two years, concluded last night with the dismissal of the arrest warrant, resulting in a non-custodial decision," expressing his view.

Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu. [Photo by Yonhap News]

He added, "Regarding the Supreme Court Chief Justice confirmation issue, I saw the possibility of the warrant being issued as fifty-fifty," and also said, "Anyway, one judge in charge of the warrant made a shocking decision to save the wavering Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee."

The arrest warrant for Lee, who is under investigation for allegations including the 'Baekhyeon-dong development suspicion' and the 'Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance suspicion,' was dismissed in the early hours of the 27th. Yoo Chang-hoon, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, concluded, "It is difficult to definitively say there is a risk of evidence destruction."

After the court's decision to dismiss the arrest warrant, Lee expressed, "I deeply thank the judiciary for clearly reaffirming that it is the last bastion of human rights."

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