The controversial "elect" status...the prospect of a legal battle

Democratic Party "Proof of illegal intervention in nomination by President Yoon"
"Announcement of Nominations during Presidential Term...Determined that it affected"
"Doubtful"…Leave open the possibility of further law violations
Some in the pro-Yoon world said, "President Yoon was 'elected' at the time."

[Anchor]
In the voice recording released this time, it is an issue that President Yoon was a "elect" when President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Myung Tae-kyun.

Based on this, some in the ruling party argue that there is nothing problematic as he was not a public servant, but fierce legal battles are expected as various charges are made.

Reporter Lim Sung-jae's report.

[Reporter]
On May 9, 2022, a day before the start of Yoon Suk Yeol's term, the Democratic Party of Korea, which released a voice-over between President Yoon and Myung Tae-kyun, called it evidence of illegal "intervention in the nomination."

The Public Official Election Act stipulates the political neutrality obligation of public officials, which President Yoon violated.

It is read in the same context that former President Park Geun Hye, who was sentenced to two years in prison for ordering the senior secretary for political affairs so that pro-Park lawmakers could win the ruling party's nomination ahead of the 20th general election.

[Seo Young-kyo / Democratic Party member: During the Yoon Suk Yeol prosecutor's office, President Park Geun Hye investigated in detail that he was involved in the nomination. / The court sentenced him to two years in prison.]

As former lawmaker Kim Young-sun's nomination was made as President Yoon said after the start of the presidential term, he argued that there was no problem in applying the law.

He also suspected the cost of various polls conducted by Myung Tae-kyun before the presidential election, leaving open the possibility of further violations of the law.

Some of the people's power, including pro-Yoon Seok-yeolgye, focused on the fact that President Yoon was a "elect" by a day, even based on the development released by the Democratic Party.Contrary to the case of former President

Park, it is argued that President Yoon was not a president, that is, a civil servant, who should keep his duty of neutrality when he spoke to Myung.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power] As you know, the date and time is not a reason for impeachment because it seems to have been a conversation as an elected president before he took office.]

He also refuted that he was just expressing his political opinion as a member of the party, but there were voices within the party calling for party-level action considering the public's perspective, apart from the legal principles.

A case in point is the argument that a party audit should be conducted on major party officials to investigate cases such as social injustice, corruption, and injustice.

[Cho Kyung-tae / People's Power: It is correct to undertake a party audit. I'm looking at it like this." "I'm willing to ask if I need anything.

The Democratic Party of Korea, which will soon launch an off-the-shelf struggle, plans to maximize the level of its offensive through the release of the voice file.

The ruling party seems to be struggling to come up with countermeasures along with reviewing the legal principles, and some predict that it will be difficult to settle the situation as the opposition party's offensive has led to various accusations.

I'm YTN's Lim Sungjae.

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: Lee Sung-mo Han Sang-won
Video editing: Yeon Jin-young
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