▲ Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, speaks at a meeting of the highest council at the National Assembly on the 23rd. Yonhap News, ‘On the 23rd, the People Power Party urged the Democratic Party of Korea’s leader Lee Jae-myung, who was sentenced to two years in prison for violating the Public Official Election Act, not to appeal the trial results.’,
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, ‘At a meeting of the highest council held at the National Assembly on that day, Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, emphasized, “Whether you lied intentionally in the election or not is a simple matter of guilty if you lied, not guilty if you didn’t.”‘,
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, ‘Han, the leader, urged, “The Democratic Party talks about impeaching investigators, but shaking and creating a commotion about the judiciary system like this shakes the Republic of Korea,” and added, “Let’s wait quietly for the results and not appeal the trial.”‘,
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, ‘Choo Kyung-ho, the chief of the party’s members in the parliament, criticized the leader for claiming during his presidential candidacy that he did not know the late Kim Moon-ki, former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, saying, “Creating lies for the sole purpose of winning the presidential election with lies upon lies is a serious offense,” and added, “If such lies are not punished, elections in our country will deteriorate into a lying contest.”‘,
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, ‘Kim Jae-won, a senior council member, emphasized that the prosecution’s sentencing in this case was based on the standards of the Supreme Court’s sentencing criteria. He said, “We hope that the seriousness of the matter and the need for punitive measures against the leader’s significant challenge to democracy will be recognized, and the maximum sentence according to the standards of sentencing criteria will be imposed.”‘,
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, ‘Meanwhile, the People Power Party opposed the move by the Democratic Party to strengthen the control over the prosecution by pushing for a bill to impeach the investigators who investigated this leader, calling it ‘political retaliation for Lee Jae-myung.’,
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, ‘Jang Dong-hyuk, a senior council member, mentioned a proposal to amend the criminal law presented by Democratic Party member Lee Geon-tae, saying, “The Democratic Party is submitting a bill to amend the criminal law today that targets the prosecutors who filed charges against this leader and the judges responsible for the trial, accusing them of ‘distorting the law’,” and added, “This bill is proposed by Lee Geon-tae, a former lawyer.”‘,
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, ‘Jang, the senior council member, quipped, “At this point, I can’t think of any other expression except for calling it a constitutional fraud for the sake of Lee Jae-myung.”‘,
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, ‘Shin Dong-wook, the chief spokesperson of the party in the parliament, argued in a commentary, “As soon as the prosecution sentenced the leader to 2 years in prison, the Democratic Party immediately launched ‘Operation Checkmate 2’,” and claimed, “The Democratic Party’s intimidation of judges and prosecutors is merely political retaliation for Lee Jae-myung.”‘,
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