Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, received one year in prison and two years of probation in the first trial for violating the Public Official Election Act.
[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader: Today's scene will also be a part of Korea's modern history.]
[Lee Jae Myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea] It's just the beginning! [It's going to take years to get an appeal and an appeal!]
The conclusion of the first trial of Lee Jae-myung's perjury teacher case, which lasted for about a year, was innocent.
The court found Kim Jin-sung, accused of being an accomplice, partially guilty of perjury and sentenced him to a fine of 5 million won.
[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader: Thank you to the court for bringing back truth and justice.]
Supporters cheered and Democrats hugged each other as they walked out of the court.
Participants in the rally to condemn Lee Jae-myung poured out anger.
The Democratic Party leaders all called the first trial ruling "truth and justice."
It is argued that no matter how much the regime tries to eliminate political opponents by mobilizing political prosecutors, it has been proven that it cannot create crimes that do not exist.
[Cho Seung-rae / Senior Spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea: It was a judgment of the fate of the dead. Stop attempting to murder the leader of the opposition party....]
The ruling party was apparently embarrassed.
This is because the possibility of guilt has been high, as the court dismissed the representative Lee's arrest warrant in September last year and said that the perjury teacher charge is a clarification.
[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of People's Power: The judicial system is a system. In the process, I think it is likely to be corrected within the Korean judicial system.
The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee has decided to hold an impeachment hearing for two prosecutors on the 11th of next month.
Next week, the impeachment of three prosecutors, including Lee Chang-soo, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, will also be reported to the plenary session.
[Kim Seung-won / Opposition secretary of the National Assembly Judiciary Committee, Minjoo Party: The National Assembly should continue to investigate the illegal activities of prosecutors, and the behavior of prosecutors who are not investigated by anyone and punished.].]
The Democratic Party's proposed amendment to the rules of the standing special prosecution has passed the plenary session of the National Assembly led by the opposition party.
If the president and his family are subject to investigation, the ruling party's right to recommend special prosecutors is excluded and the share is given to non-consulting organizations.
[Kim Yong-min / Minjoo Party member: Today, we must pass the revision of the special prosecutor's operating rules to ensure a neutral and fair investigation into the president and his family.]
{당원}The pro-Donghun faction, which was on the defensive due to the controversy over the 'party bulletin board', objected, even raising suspicions about First Lady Kim Gun-hee's aunt.
[Shin Ji-ho / Secretary-General of Strategic Planning for People's Power (YTN 'NewsNOW'): Han Dong-hoon and Han Dong-hoon's family say that it is right, and the family is struck by lightning, so we do OOO. It's not my expression, it's my aunt Kim Gun-hee's expression.]
Pro-Yoon-gye reiterated that it is a simple matter that only needs to reveal whether the author of the article in question is a representative family member.
[Kang Myung-gu / Member of the People's Power (YTN Radio 'News fighting, this is Bae Seung-hee'): The key is whether CEO Han Dong-hoon wrote it or not, whether the family name was stolen or not, whether the family wrote it or not.]
As the controversy over the party's bulletin board continues for about three weeks, there are many criticisms that it only exposed the division when the party has to focus its power on public welfare and reform.
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