In connection with the allegation of corruption in development in Daejang-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, the opposition and opposition parties faced each other head-on after the Democratic Party proposed a special prosecutor (special prosecutor) law aimed at the alleged corruption of the so-called ‘head, wife and mother-in-law’ of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol. crashed
At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 28th, Kim Ki-hyeon, floor leader of the People’s Power, criticized the Democrats, saying, “They submitted the special prosecutor’s law again with deterrence and deterrence, demonstrating the outright will to use the majority of the parliamentary seats as a weapon against the people’s feelings.” . floor leader Kim said, “During the presidential election, the Democratic Party focused its party power on raising baseless suspicions and personal attacks against President-elect Yoon.” They are trying to misuse their power.”
Earlier on the 25th, 11 hardline members of the party, including Rep. Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, “The truth about the corruption case of Daejang-dong development by President-elect Yoon, various abuses of power during his tenure as a prosecutor, and his family’s real estate speculation, preferential loans, stock price manipulation, and fraudulent stockpiling cases were investigated. A bill on the appointment of special prosecutors for In this regard, floor leader Kim said on the 28th, “Even Samcheok-dongsa will know that the Democratic Party has a low intention to somehow hold back the ankle from the inauguration of the new government.” An official from People’s Power responded, “If the Democratic Party enforces the handling of the special prosecutor’s law, there will be headwinds in the June 1 local elections.”
The Democratic Party is raising the level of offensive, saying, “The election does not excuse judicial responsibility.” Rep. Park Jumin, who co-initiated the bill, said on CBS Radio that day, “In the case of so-called ‘headquarters’ cases involving President-elect Yoon, they are also cases related to the person with the authority to appoint the president, and since they are cases that were involved in the time of the former (prosecution) president It is difficult for the investigation to be conducted by the prosecution,” he argued, “need to become a special prosecutor.” Rep. Park also said, “For example, in the case of Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation, (Yoon-elect’s wife, Kim Kun-hee) was not even summoned. I can’t finish it.”
The 172-seat Democratic Party plans to handle the ‘Daejang-dong special prosecutor’ within the extraordinary session of the National Assembly in March. “There are many tasks that need to be solved, such as support for recovery from the corona virus, political reform, and special prosecutors in Daejang-dong,” said Yun Ho-joong, chairman of the Democratic Party’s emergency countermeasures committee, at the meeting. We must end the special prosecution law and political reform legislation in the future,” he said.
Reporter Lee Yoon-tae oldsport@donga.com
Reporter Dong-jun Heo hungry@donga.com
