2023-11-12 12:23:29
In relation to the Democratic Party of Korea’s push to impeach prosecutor Lee Jae-myung, it was reported on the 12th that Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok’s ‘resolute remark’ on his way home from work, saying, “Impeach me rather,” was personally prepared by Prosecutor General Lee after a meeting with prosecutors’ executives. It is said that this was due to concerns within the prosecution that the Democratic Party’s successive attempts to impeach the prosecutor would weaken the atmosphere of the investigation team.
Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok is leaving work at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 9th, and the Democratic Party of Korea is clarifying its position on the impeachment bill against two prosecutors, including Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor (Chief Prosecutor) Son Jun-seong and Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office 2nd Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop. / Yonhap News
According to this newspaper’s coverage, on the 9th, the Democratic Party announced that the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office 2nd Assistant Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop, who is investigating the ‘Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea’ case and the ‘Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung’s misappropriation of legal information’, and Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor Son Jun-seong (Chief Prosecutor), who is on trial for the ‘incitement of accusation’ case. Immediately after proposing the impeachment bill against ), Prosecutor General Lee convened executives of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and presided over an emergency meeting. At this meeting, Prosecutor General Lee reportedly asked executives of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office whether this impeachment was an issue that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office should respond to. It is reported that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office executives agreed that a response at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office level was needed, replying to the effect that “the grounds for impeachment do not fit the grounds for impeachment stipulated in the Constitution” and “the case in which the Democratic Party reported the relevant prosecutors is also proceeding according to procedures.” After hearing this, President Lee is said to have responded, “(The Democratic Party’s motion to impeach) is an unfair measure that will shake up the criminal justice system,” and added, “I will personally prepare and announce an official position on my way home from work.”
President Lee met with reporters on his way home from work that day and announced his personally prepared position, saying, “If (the Democratic Party) wants to impeach the prosecution, please do not impeach the prosecutor, but impeach me, who was responsible for the investigation and indictment of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong.” Prosecutor General Lee said, “If the prosecutors are impeached just because they don’t like it, they will try to impeach the judge who handed down a decision they don’t like in the future.” “It is a ‘threat impeachment’ and a ‘bulletproof impeachment’ that seeks to block the judicial process of the party leader.”
Inside and outside the prosecution, there is an interpretation of Prosecutor General Lee’s resolute remarks as “a direct response to external pressure on the prosecution.” One legal expert said, “When Prosecutor General Lee took office, he said, ‘I will be a strong support and windbreaker for the members of the prosecution.’” He added, “He personally stepped forward to ensure that the investigation team is not shaken.” Another legal expert said, “The Democratic Party’s motion for impeachment is in fact an exercise in external pressure on the investigation of Representative Lee Jae-myung,” adding, “I understand that since the president himself took the lead, an atmosphere has been created among the prosecution members to focus on the investigation.”
The Democratic Party withdrew its impeachment motion against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop and Chief Prosecutor Son Jun-seong on the 10th as it became difficult to hold a plenary session of the National Assembly due to opposition from the People Power Party and National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo’s overseas business trip. The Democratic Party’s position is that it will reissue the impeachment bill on the 30th.
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