Yoon Hee-seok: "The Special Prosecutor Law on Kim Geon-hee is because she is the President's spouse... The Presidential Office's reaction is natural"

"Kim Geon-hee's Stock-Related Incident Occurred Before Marriage to Yoon"

As soon as the so-called 'Kim Geon-hee and Daejang-dong Special Prosecutor Act' was passed in the National Assembly, the Blue House hinted at exercising the right to request reconsideration (veto). Yoon Hee-seok, senior spokesperson for the People Power Party, said this was "the strongest way to express a firm refusal to accept it."

Senior spokesperson Yoon appeared on 'Special KBS 1 Radio Today' on the 29th and said, "Isn't this special prosecutor investigation simply based on Kim Geon-hee's status as the president's spouse?" He pointed out, "This concerns stocks that Kim Geon-hee personally held before she even knew about the situation, before the two got married, and the case related to those stocks."

President Yoon Suk-yeol is holding a meeting with the families of frontline military officers at the Welfare Center of the 5th Infantry Division, Central Front, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi Province, on the 28th to mark the year-end and New Year holidays. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

He said, "If Kim Geon-hee were not the president's spouse now, would the massive opposition party, the Democratic Party, which holds 167 seats, be able to push for a special prosecutor investigation?" adding, "I believe the Blue House can only respond in this way."

Regarding the prospect that if the Democratic Party re-passes the special prosecutor law when the ruling party's nominations are finalized, there might be dissenting votes from incumbent People Power Party lawmakers who lost in the nomination competition, he said, "I don't know how they make such calculations. Does that mean the Democratic Party doesn't hold nominations?" He added, "The Democratic Party has more than twice as many lawmakers as us, and surely many more who lost nominations. Naturally, there will be dissenting votes from the Democratic Party as well." He then criticized, "Do you think a lawmaker would change their firmly held beliefs just because of their nomination status? I don't think our lawmakers are that low in level."

Regarding the aftermath of former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok's departure from the party, he assessed, "The effect does not seem that significant." He explained, "He clearly said that if he leaves the party, he would create a new conservative party to prevent the collapse of conservatism. But at his departure press conference, he mentioned Roh Hoe-chan's spirit and even talked about embracing the Justice Party. If that happens, the identity of Lee Jun-seok's new party cannot be seen as a conservative party."

He continued, "In that case, there is no overlap with us," and said, "Therefore, we judge that it will not be a big loss, and since Lee Jun-seok himself changed his words, that will inevitably become a cause for losing public trust."

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