Lee Jae-myung, who is about to be sentenced to perjury, said, "The judiciary should be guaranteed independence."

[Anchor]
Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, emphasized that the independence of the judiciary should be thoroughly guaranteed.

The remarks were made ahead of the first trial of perjury teacher charges, and attention is focused on their meaning.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Lim Sung-jae!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
Representative Lee's remarks at the Democratic Party's morning meeting, please tell us in detail.

[Reporter]
Chairman Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party poured out his determined remarks at the party's expanded executive meeting.

Ahead of the first trial of the perjury teacher case next Monday, he emphasized the guarantee of judicial independence.

Representative Lee said the independence of the judiciary should be thoroughly guaranteed, and although he could criticize the ruling,

It is not advisable to condemn the entire judiciary.

In particular, he said it was the judiciary of the Republic of Korea that had been dragged to court for two years, but he returned to his place without fail.

Although the Democratic Party of Korea also passed the arrest motion due to the collapse of the battle line after requesting an arrest warrant absurdly, it was also the judiciary that gave it its place through the rejection of the arrest warrant.

He added that even at this moment, we would like to express our gratitude and respect to the majority of judges and the judiciary who do their best as the last bastion of human rights and democracy.

Attention is focused on the background of Lee's judicial-related message a week after his conviction in the first trial of the Public Official Election Act.

[Anchor]
In the midst of this, the power of the people showed strong dissatisfaction with the Democratic-led budget review, right?

[Reporter]
Yesterday, at the plenary session of the National Assembly Steering Committee, a proposal to cut the presidential office's special activity expenses entirely led by the opposition party was approved.

It was a total cut of 8.2 billion won in special activities by the presidential office and the national security office, but cases such as the prosecution, police, and the Board of Audit and Inspection have been repeated recently.

In response, the People's Power strongly criticized the Democratic Party for using the National Assembly's right to review the budget as a means of retaliation.

Kim Sang-hoon, chairman of the policy committee, pointed out at the morning meeting that it can only be seen as retaliation for conducting an investigation or audit with Lee Jae-myung and others.

At the same time, he raised his voice that the budget was not paid by the people to tie the hands and feet of the government and defend the crimes of the Democratic Party and representative Lee.

Secretary-General Seo Bum-soo also criticized the Democratic Party of Korea's retaliatory budget review, saying that public sentiment would leave the Democratic Party if it only engaged in political strife and offensive.

[Anchor]
The ruling and opposition parties are also engaged in a war of nerves over the taxation of virtual assets, right?

[Reporter]
Recently, People's Power has been pushing for a "two-year grace period" of taxation on virtual assets such as coins, which is scheduled to take effect next year.

In particular, representative Han Dong-hoon is raising the level of the offensive day after day, saying that the Democratic Party of Korea is against the "people's will" to suspend taxation on virtual assets.

Representative Han explained that the measure is to first present policies that the Democratic Party cannot follow, targeting young people and virtual asset investors.

At a time when real estate prices soared during the Moon Jae In government, there were fewer opportunities for the middle class to increase their assets, and they wanted to attract supporters by suggesting a path.

There is also a glimpse of the situation in which the opposition party has taken a forward-looking stance on abolishing the financial investment income tax in the past.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party officially intends to implement virtual asset taxation as scheduled.

Jin Sung-joon, chairman of the policy committee, said in an MBC radio interview that gold investment tax and coin taxation are not the same, stressing that coins are not related to the real economy and that it is time to implement them for legal stability and predictability.

It also made it clear that the Democratic Party's position is to increase the income deduction limit from 2.5 million won to 50 million won in consideration of the tax burden.

However, it is known that Lee Jae-myung has recently expressed several questions at leadership meetings about whether coin taxation will be possible,
In response to this, a key party official said, "Representative Lee asked practical questions such as identifying income," and explained that there was no change in the party's position.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Sungjae in the National Assembly.