Lee Jae-myung urges public input on timing, process for special counsel probe of alleged illegal prosecution

President Lee Jae-myung said Monday that a national consensus has formed around the Democratic Party’s push for a special counsel to investigate what it calls politically motivated, fabricated indictments by prosecutors.
 
Hong Ik-pyo, the presidential senior secretary for political affairs, told reporters in a briefing at the Chunchugwan press center that a parliamentary investigation had already revealed much of the alleged illegal conduct and improper investigations carried out under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and what he described as political prosecutors.

Hong said establishing the truth through a special counsel and restoring judicial justice is “something that must be done.”
 
However, Hong said Lee asked the ruling Democratic Party to decide the specific timing and procedures only after gathering public opinion and going through a deliberative process.

The Democratic Party on April 30 introduced the “Special Counsel Act on Fabricated Indictments Under the Yoon Suk Yeol Administration.” The bill would authorize a special counsel to investigate 12 cases, including Lee’s criminal cases, and grant the special counsel the power to withdraw indictments.