Kwon Seong-dong: "The Corruption Investigation Office Should Stop Forcibly Summoning Yoon to 'Humiliate the President'"

"Rumors of Close Ties Between Acting Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and Leader Lee"
"Suspicions Must Be Cleared to Ensure Fairness of Impeachment Trial"

Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency's attempt to forcibly summon President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 21st, calling it "nothing more than humiliating the president without any investigative benefit."

Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the party strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 21st. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

At the party floor meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Kwon said, "The president clearly expressed his refusal to testify after the execution of the arrest warrant, so there is no benefit even if he is forcibly summoned."

He added, "If (President Yoon) cannot appear at the impeachment trial due to the (High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency's) forcible summons, it will inevitably result in obstruction," urging the cessation of the unjust forcible summons.

Furthermore, there was a claim that suspicions between Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyeong-bae of the Constitutional Court and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, should be resolved.

Floor Leader Kwon said, "It is widely known in the legal community that Acting Chief Justice Moon and Leader Lee were classmates at the Judicial Research and Training Institute and have a close relationship," and questioned, "When the former president tried to nominate Judge Lee Jong-seok as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and asked for consultation with the Democratic Party, the party rejected it because he was a friend of the president. If Acting Chief Justice Moon is a close friend of Leader Lee, does he have the qualification to preside over the impeachment trial?"

He emphasized, "If such suspicions are not resolved, the fairness of the impeachment trial cannot be guaranteed," and warned, "Trust in the Constitutional Court could be undermined."

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