The ruling and opposition parties are watching the sentence of "Lee Jae-myung's 1st trial" amid tension...Future watershed for Jungkook.

[Anchor]
Tensions are also rising in the political circles of the ruling and opposition parties ahead of the first trial of the Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung's violation of the Public Official Election Act today.

Although time is still left until the final ruling of the Supreme Court, the prevailing observation is that the outcome of the sentence will have a significant impact on the political situation in the future.

I'm connecting you with a reporter from the National Assembly. Reporter PARK JEONG HYUN!

Please tell us more about the political atmosphere ahead of Lee Jae-myung's first trial sentence!

[Reporter]
Yes, first of all, the Democratic Party is confident of Representative Lee's innocence.

Rather, the situation in which the court has been dragging the prosecution's excessive prosecution for more than two years makes no sense, a party official pointed out in a phone call with YTN.

Democratic leaders also said at the morning meeting that they expected a clear acquittal, saying that memories and thoughts are not subject to punishment under election law.

[Jeon Hyun-hee / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: Samcheok Dongja knows that according to the Supreme Court precedent, it is not a one-sided and active expression. I'm telling you that it's a perfect innocence.

CEO Lee Jae-myung did not mention his trial at the morning meeting, but instead focused on economic messages such as improving corporate governance and revising the commercial law.

However, in a closed meeting, Lee asked party lawmakers to refrain from attending rallies around the Seocho-dong court, according to Cho Seung-rae, a senior spokesman.

Initially, representative Lee's supporters, including the Democratic Party of Korea's prosecution dictatorship committee and the Democratic Innovation Conference, a pro-democracy activist group, were scheduled to gather at the Seoul Central District Court in the afternoon to hold a rally to call for innocence.

The power of the people is also paying keen attention to the results of Lee's sentence.

Chairman Han Dong-hoon posted a message on social media and criticized that the Democratic Party of Korea's shamelessness went beyond the level, saying that the rally around the court called for Lee's innocence.

In a morning meeting, floor leader Choo Kyung-ho urged the judiciary to set justice straight against Lee's cowardly lies.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: Today, the Democratic Party of Korea issued a mobilization order in Seocho-dong, shouting that Lee Jae-myung is innocent. I'm going to intimidate the judge to the end as a last-ditch demonstration.]

Rep. Cho Jung-hoon also said in a radio interview that if judicial justice is alive, representative Lee will be fined more than 1 million won, losing his right to run for election in the first trial.

[Anchor] How will Jungkook change in the future depending on the outcome of the sentence
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[Reporter]
If he is acquitted, he is expected to ease some of the biggest weakness for CEO Lee, the burden of trial risk, and gain momentum as a presidential candidate.

From the perspective of the Democratic Party, which has argued that the representative Lee's investigation is the prosecution's political oppression, the gathering of supporters can further strengthen the driving force of the rental struggle, including the independent counsel Kim.

In the case of guilt, the direction is expected to vary depending on the sentence, and the key is whether a fine of more than 1 million won will be issued.

If the fine is more than 1 million won, it will be deprived of the right to run for president, making it difficult for Lee to run for president if the Supreme Court is confirmed, and the Democratic Party will have to return 43.4 billion won, which is the cost of the presidential election, to the NEC.

In addition to Lee's political blow, the party is also facing a major crisis, and the party is widely expected to have no significant impact on any outcome as it is still the first trial.

A party leadership official also stressed on the phone that criticism and criticism will grow over the excessive ruling.

On the other hand, a fine of less than 1 million won is considered "political innocence" as it does not affect the presidential bid itself.

The ruling party says it should wait and see the results of other trials even if it is less than 1 million won, that is, even if there is no invalid election.

A member of the ruling party predicted that even if the fine falls below 1 million won, there will be many obstacles left, and the public will eventually be skeptical about Lee's presidential bid.

I'm Park Jung-hyun of YTN in the National Assembly.