<기사제목>Presidential Office: "Yoon Immediately Vetoes Government Transfer of Special Prosecutor Act"

Reasons for Refusal of Pre-Election Special Prosecutor Without Ruling-Party Agreement

The Presidential Office announced on the 28th that it will "immediately exercise the veto power" once the so-called 'double special prosecutors' bill, aimed at investigating the Daejang-dong 5 billion Club allegations and Kim Geon-hee's Deutsche Motors stock manipulation suspicions, which passed the National Assembly vote, is transmitted to the government.

Lee Do-woon, the Presidential Office's Chief Public Relations Officer, held an emergency briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office that afternoon and made the announcement.

On that day, while members of the People Power Party abstained from the vote, the bill titled 'Act on the Appointment of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate the Stock Manipulation Allegations of President's Spouse Kim Geon-hee Regarding Deutsche Motors' was passed with 180 votes in favor out of 180 members present, led by the opposition party.

Earlier, the 'Act on the Appointment of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate the Bribery Allegations of the Hwacheon Daeyu 5 Billion Club Incident' also passed unanimously with 181 votes in favor out of 181 members present.

On the 28th, at the plenary session held in the National Assembly, the bill concerning the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the bribery allegations related to Hwacheon Daeyu's '5 Billion Club' was passed. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The Presidential Office explained that the passage of special prosecutor laws had previously been based on bipartisan agreement, and the fact that the special prosecutor law passed just before the general election became the reason for President Yoon's veto exercise. A Presidential Office official pointed out, "Until now, special prosecutors have been handled through bipartisan agreement," adding, "Even when the opposition appointed them, it was done with bipartisan consensus."

The official also criticized, "There have been briefings on investigation situations in the past, but this seems to be the first time a bill has been passed so blatantly targeting an election right before the election."

However, when asked by reporters whether the special prosecutor could be accepted if discussed after the election, the official avoided answering, saying, "It does not seem appropriate to respond to other situations."

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