Chairman Woo Won-sik Sends Four Candidate Recommendation Committee Members for 'Special Investigation on Sedition' to the Presidential Office (Comprehensive)

Democratic Party, Lawyers Lee Beom-seok and Choi Chang-seok
Joguk Party and Jinbo Party, Former Legislation Chief Kim Hyeong-eon and Professor Lee Na-young Respectively

Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-sik sent the list of four candidates for the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of the Facts of the Treason Act through the Unconstitutional Emergency Martial Law Declaration (Permanent Special Prosecutor for Treason) to the Yongsan Presidential Office on the 11th.

At 5:53 p.m. on the same day, Speaker Woo sent the list of party-recommended members of the Permanent Special Prosecutor Candidate Recommendation Committee to the Presidential Office, according to the Public Relations Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly.

The Democratic Party of Korea recommended lawyers Lee Seok-beom and Choi Chang-seok, the Innovation Party recommended former Minister of Government Legislation Kim Hyung-eon, and the Progressive Party recommended Professor Lee Na-young of the Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University.

Lawyer Lee previously served as vice president of the Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun), and Lawyer Choi, a former chief judge, was mentioned last year as a candidate to succeed former High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office Chief Kim Jin-wook.

Woo Won-sik, Speaker of the National Assembly, is entering the National Assembly on the 11th to hold a press conference regarding the current political situation. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

Former Minister Kim served as the Legal Secretary to the President in the Moon Jae-in administration before serving as Minister of Government Legislation. Professor Lee serves as the chairperson of the civic group Justice and Memory, which supports victims of the Japanese military's sexual slavery.

The Permanent Special Prosecutor Recommendation Committee consists of seven members: three ex officio members?the Vice Minister of Justice, the Deputy Chief of the Court Administration Office, and the President of the Korean Bar Association?and four members recommended by the National Assembly.

The Recommendation Committee must recommend two candidates for the Permanent Special Prosecutor within five days upon the President's request for recommendation, and the President must appoint one as the Special Prosecutor within three days.

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