◀ Again ▶
Representative Lee Jae-myung, who led the Democratic Party of Korea to a landslide victory in the general election.
Two days after the general election, I went to court again for another trial.
In addition to Rep. Lee, there are several defendant elected officials on trial, including Rep. Cho Kuk of the Homeland Innovation Party.
Not only will your legislative activities be affected by the trial, but you may also lose your seat as a member of the National Assembly depending on the ruling.
This was reported by journalist Ji-in Kim.
◀ Report ▶
On the last day of the campaign for the 22nd general election, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, attended the Daejang-dong trial and stayed there until the evening.
Two days after his landslide victory in the general election, Representative Lee again appeared at the Official Public Elections Act trial.
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“<임기 중 의원직 상실 가능성에 대해선 어떻게 보십니까?> …″
There are currently three trials underway.
Although the trials of Daejang-dong, Wirye New Town, Baekhyeon-dong and Seongnam FC are progressing slowly due to major cases being closed, the trial of the election law case is expected to reach its first conclusion by this time. year, and the perjury trial is over. also progressed significantly.
In the three years remaining until the presidential election, if anyone is sentenced to a prison term or higher, Representative Lee will lose his seat in the National Assembly and will not be able to run.
There are more elected defendants.
Former National Intelligence Service director Park Jie-won, the most senior person elected, also appeared in court on charges of covering up the West Sea attack during the Moon Jae-in administration.
Cho Kuk, leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, was sentenced to two years in prison by the appeals court on charges of bribery in his children’s entrance exams and tampering with inspections, all that is missing is the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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“Well, I have to go to prison. There’s no way. Push-ups and squats… You have to do planks like this and take care of your health to go out.
President-elect Hwang Un-ha, found guilty in the first trial on suspicion of meddling in the Ulsan mayoral election, and President-elect Cha Gyu-geun, found not guilty in the trial for banning Kim Hak’s illegal departure, are both in the appeal process.
President-elect Na Kyung-won has also been on trial for four years in the first trial on charges of causing physical conflict in 2019 to block the tabling of the Corruption Investigation Bureau law.
Additionally, Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol is under investigation on charges of targeted surveillance, Park Eun-jung, president-elect of the Chouk Innovation Party, and around 10 elected members of the Democratic Party are under investigation on charges of money envelopes at the national convention.
I’m Ji-in Kim from MBC News.
Video Coverage: Kim Jun-hyung / Video Editing: Lee Jeong-geun
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