Yeo Proposes 'Lee Jong-seop Special Prosecutor Act', Yoon Jae-ok Criticizes "Overuse of Special Prosecutors, Political Abuse"

Democratic Party Submits Special Prosecutor Bill Proposal
"Impeach Foreign and Justice Ministers Who Aided Departure"

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea for submitting a special prosecutor law to investigate Lee Jong-seop, the nominee for ambassador to Australia (former Minister of National Defense), who is involved in the 'Marine Corps Chaesang-byeong incident investigation pressure suspicion,' saying, "'Chaesang-byeong Special Prosecutor Law' has already been proposed and is pending in the plenary session," and added, "The Democratic Party is overusing special prosecutor laws."

After the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 12th, Floor Leader Yoon told reporters, "Regarding the appointment of former Minister Lee Jong-seop as ambassador to Australia, it seems they are politically and electorally exploiting this by framing it as an overseas escape ahead of the election," expressing his view.

Floor Leader Yoon continued, "(The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials) should have accepted the accusation and conducted an investigation earlier, but instead, they did not investigate and imposed a travel ban, continuously extending it. I think such measures are incomprehensible," he pointed out.

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the floor countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly on the 27th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

On the same day in the morning, the Democratic Party submitted the 'Lee Jong-seop Special Prosecutor Law' to the bill office in the main building of the National Assembly. The special prosecutor law focuses on investigating the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which are suspected of obstructing the investigation of the nominee. Lee, who was registered as a suspect by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials on charges of exerting pressure on the investigation of the Chaesang-byeong death incident during his tenure as Minister of National Defense, was subject to a travel ban but departed for Australia on the afternoon of the 10th after being appointed ambassador to Australia.

Hong Ik-pyo, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly on the 7th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party, expressed his intention to push for the impeachment of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice on the grounds that they allowed the nominee's overseas escape. Hong said, "We plan to review the impeachment of the (Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice) after proceeding with the accusation first."

When impeachment was mentioned under the special prosecutor law, Floor Leader Yoon said, "The Democratic Party should carefully review whether there are grounds for impeachment." He added, "Whether it is a special prosecutor or impeachment, the people will no longer be impressed if they keep mentioning special prosecutors and impeachment whenever something happens," criticizing, "Any power is respected and gains public sympathy only when it is restrained."

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