"Lee Jae-myung's innocence public opinion battle", loyalty competition?Ruling party "threatens judges"

The Democratic Party of Korea repeatedly insisted on 'not guilty' in the first trial of the Lee Jae-myung Public Official Election Act."Not guilty sentence is clear...May the investigation of political oppression ring alarm bells"
Biggest pro-Myeong organization submits 1.03 million not guilty pleas to court

[Anchor]
Ahead of the first trial of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, there are voices within the Democratic Party claiming Lee's innocence day after day.

The ruling party is raising its level of criticism, calling it an unwarranted intimidation of the judiciary.

Reporter Hong Min-ki covered it.

[Reporter]
The Democratic Party of Korea's Prosecution Dictatorship Committee, which has criticized the prosecution's investigation into Lee Jae-myung, has repeatedly pleaded not guilty to violating the Public Official Election Act.

He stressed that he believes the court will raise the alarm in the prosecution's investigation into political oppression, saying that the acquittal is clear by evidence or legal principles.

[Yang Boo-nam / Minjoo Party Member: This trial will remain a dark history of the judiciary if our court agrees with the judicial murder of this administration.]

This is not all.

The Democratic National Innovation Conference, the largest organization in the pro-Lee Jae-myung world, submitted a petition to the court calling for innocence involving 1.03 million people,
More than 1,700 local government heads and local councilors from the
Democratic Party held a press conference and made similar statements.

However, inside and outside the party, there are concerns that it could negatively affect the public sentiment of the middle class, along with the view that it is a "loyal competition" against representative Lee.

An opposition party official predicted that civic groups and others are now sympathetic to criticism toward the government and the ruling party, but depending on the results of Lee's trial, it may be difficult to be with the Democratic Party in the future.

The People's Power, which had been requesting a live broadcast of the first trial, said it was regrettable that the court decision not to accept it, but again demanded that CEO Lee request a live broadcast himself.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: (Representative Lee Jae-myung) is claiming his innocence, so I urge and look forward to your request for live broadcasting from the court even now]

People's Power proposes legislation to punish judges and their families if it causes anxiety,
It also countered the Democratic Party's announcement of a series of outdoor rallies, urging them to do it after the university's essay test this weekend to demonstrate
.

Regardless of the ruling and opposition parties, a series of public statements predicting Lee's first trial sentence led to controversy over the "violation of the independence of the judiciary."

People's Power Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun said Lee is likely to be sentenced to a fine of 800,000 won, which falls short of the nullification of the election,
Rep. Park Joo-min of the Democratic Party of Korea
said he was an expert in election law, predicting that the nullification of the election will not come out.

Regardless of the results of the first trial of the Public Official Election Act, the Democratic Party of Korea plans to continue an off-the-shelf rally denouncing Kim Gun-hee this weekend,
The competition between the ruling and opposition parties over the representative 'trial risk' of
is expected to intensify until the first trial of perjury teacher on the 25th.

I'm YTN's Hong Min Gi.


Filmmaker: Lee Sang-chang
Video editing: Jeon Ju-young
Design: Baek Seungmin