The Prosecutor's Blade Aimed at Lee Jae-myung... People Power Party Focuses Fire on Lee's 'Judicial Risk'

Prosecutors Announce Additional Indictment This Week Against Lee for 'North Korea Remittance'

Since the first trial verdict in the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance case, the People Power Party has been focusing its firepower on the ‘judicial risk’ facing Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 10th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

On the 11th, Kwon Young-jin, a member of the People Power Party, appeared on BBS’s ‘Ham In-kyung’s Morning Journal’ and said, “No matter how much the Democratic Party now mobilizes the National Assembly to intimidate the prosecution and pressure the judiciary, there is still judicial conscience in our society,” adding, “This is because of Lee’s judicial risk, and if Lee receives a sentence of more than 1 million won for election law violations among the charges he is currently facing, he must step down.”

He continued, “If Lee receives a prison sentence of more than a detention sentence, his presidential plan will effectively be over, and the Democratic Party will have no reason to forcibly turn the National Assembly into a shielded parliament,” adding, “In that sense, I intend to urge the judiciary and prosecution to swiftly investigate and try Lee.”

On the same day, Ahn Cheol-soo, a member of the People Power Party, stated on his social media, “Going forward, Lee is expected to be re-elected as party leader, exercise nomination rights for local elections, and then run for president,” and claimed, “Like Vladimir Putin of Russia, who succeeded in amending the constitution to serve three consecutive terms, Lee has turned the Democratic Party into his personal fiefdom.”

The day before, the Democratic Party unilaterally elected 11 standing committee chairs, including the Judiciary Committee and the Steering Committee, at the National Assembly plenary session. Ahn criticized, “The reason the Democratic Party is rushing to seat a hardliner ally as the Judiciary Committee chair is obvious. It is a declaration to use the Judiciary Committee as a shield to protect Lee, who is in a desperate crisis after former Deputy Governor Lee Hwa-young was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison for the North Korea remittance case.”

He emphasized, “There is suspicion that Lee intends to delay the final verdict until the presidential election and then let it fade away after becoming president,” adding, “The charges are clear. Lee must confess the $8 million delivered to the Workers’ Party of Korea.” He also said, “Lee will not be able to escape legal judgment regarding the Daejang-dong gate,” and urged, “Lee should immediately stop the dangerous runaway of the bullet train and pay for his crimes.”

Han Dong-hoon, former emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, has also recently brought Lee’s judicial risk to the forefront. He argued that because lawsuits were filed before Lee became president regarding the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance allegations, the criminal trial cannot be suspended.

On the previous day, Han posted on Facebook, “Since accomplices are receiving heavy prison sentences one after another in related trials, Lee must know well that he cannot be acquitted,” and claimed, “To do so, he will drag out the case to delay the final verdict until after the election, or change his approach to advance the election before the final verdict through a constitutional amendment to shorten the term or impeachment. Only by taking such an unprecedented reckless step can he qualify to run in the presidential election.”

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