Handonghun: "Regarding the Opposition's Special Prosecutor Act, I looked at the content, and there isn't much change."

Democratic Party Deems New Chae Sang-byeong Special Prosecutor Law Practically 'Unacceptable'

On the 3rd, Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, expressed a de facto refusal to accept the 'Special Prosecutor Act on Chae Sang-byeong' reintroduced by the Democratic Party of Korea, stating, "I looked at the content, but not much has changed."

People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon is speaking on the 3rd during a visit to Wonik QnC, a semiconductor materials and components specialized company located in Sandong-eup, Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk, to discuss plans for fostering the semiconductor industry.
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After attending a meeting at the Gumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gyeongbuk to discuss the semiconductor industry, Han responded to reporters' questions about how he evaluates the Democratic Party's proposal for a special prosecutor law recommending the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by saying this. He added, "My position remains the same."

The special prosecutor bill proposed by the Democratic Party on that day stipulates that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court recommends four candidates for special prosecutor, from which the opposition party narrows down to two, and the president appoints one. If the opposition party deems the Chief Justice's recommended candidates unsuitable, they can request a re-nomination. The 'tip-off manipulation allegations' that the People Power Party has insisted on were excluded from the investigation scope.

While the Democratic Party claimed that the special prosecutor bill follows the third-party (Chief Justice) recommendation format advocated by Han, the ruling party argued that, in the end, the opposition party holds the right to request re-nomination and can select the special prosecutor candidate as they wish, calling it an "opposition party self-appointed special prosecutor."

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