People Power Party to Oppose Special Prosecutor Law on Election Manipulation

People Power Party officials announced on May 19 that they will work to block the ruling party's proposed special prosecutor law aimed at canceling the indictment of President Lee Jae-myung, which they claim was temporarily halted ahead of local elections but will be pursued immediately afterward. They also criticized the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for seeking severe disciplinary action against Prosecutor Park Sang-yong.

Joo Jin-woo, chairman of the special committee to oppose the indictment cancellation law, held the committee's first meeting at the National Assembly and stated, "With inflation, exchange rates, and livelihoods in such dire straits, how can the top priority of the government be to eliminate its own trial?"

Regarding reports that Prosecutor Park, who was involved in the investigation of the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance case, would face severe disciplinary action, Joo criticized, "They are going beyond absurd claims of disciplining him for something trivial, and now they are saying they will impose severe penalties because a document was omitted during the investigation process. This is nonsensical."

He added, "The investigation process confirmation document is merely an administrative formality, and there has never been a case where it has been used as a basis for disciplinary action since its introduction. The investigation and trial records related to the president's North Korea remittance case amount to hundreds of thousands of pages, so how can anyone accept that a few missing documents warrant disciplinary action?"

Joo continued, "If other documents were properly prepared and the investigation was conducted correctly, doesn't that validate the legitimacy of this investigation?"

He emphasized that if Prosecutor Park is disciplined, they will respond to ensure that the disciplinary decision is revoked at the committee level, stating, "The moment they discipline Park, he will return to the prosecution by court decision, marking the beginning of the lame duck period for the Lee Jae-myung administration."