On the 12th, the People Power Party fired crossfire on the controversy over Justice Minister candidate Lee Yong-cheol's hosting of an event at the Unified Progressive Party and the controversy over Kim Hyun-ji's acceptance of the case of the first deputy director of the Blue House's Presidential Secretariat.
Shin Dong-wook, a member of the Supreme Council of the People Power Party, said at the Supreme Council meeting on this day, "Candidate Lee was the CEO of the Seongnam Industrial Promotion Foundation during President Lee Jae-myung's Seongnam mayor. There are reports that several support events were held at the foundation building for former Unified Progressive Party lawmaker Lee Seok-ki, who was arrested on charges of inciting a rebellion. As it turns out, he is a really dangerous person."
Supreme Council member Shin emphasized, "According to the motion for the arrest of former lawmaker Lee, the 'Lee Seok-ki Support Resolution Rally' with 300 participants was held in this building at 9 p.m. on March 8 and May 3, 2012, when candidate Lee served as the representative of the foundation," and added, "I believe that holding such a political event in a public building at 9 p.m. cannot be held without the permission of the foundation representative."
He continued, "It is said that the Revolutionary Comrade Song, which contains the lyrics 'Heat your heart with anger against the onslaught of U.S. imperialism,' was sung here," and pointed out, "He said, 'I don't remember because it was a practical matter,' but how noisy would it have been if 300 people sang the Revolutionary Comrade Song in a public building?"
At the same time, he claimed, “It is already known that a large number of Unified Progressive Party figures, including candidate Lee, participated in the transition committee when President Lee was elected mayor of Seongnam,” adding, “From that point on, there is a suspicion that candidate Lee has been playing a very important role.”
He also mentioned the fact that the law firm where candidate Lee served as CEO took on Director Kim Hyun-ji's criminal case and criticized, "We cannot erase the suspicion that the 'Seongnam Line' of Kim Hyun-ji and Jeong Jin-sang, which is being circulated in the public, is a piece of the larger picture being drawn."
Representative Jang Dong-hyuk also added, "It is spine-chilling that a person connected to Lee Seok-gi became the head of the DAPA." He added, "Lee Yong-cheol, Kim Hyun-ji, and Kim Yong all converge with Lee Seok-gi, the leader of the Unified Progressive Party, which was disbanded after being confirmed as an anti-state force. Where should President Lee converge?"
Representative Jang raised his voice, saying, "The 'Lee Jae-myung Jailbreak Act' is a law that allows one Lee Jae-myung to escape from prison, but if President Lee himself is a risk to the national defense and security of the Republic of Korea and the Korean system, it means imprisoning all of our citizens in the prison called 'communism'."
Kim Jae-won, a member of the Supreme Council, also said at the Supreme Council meeting, "This candidate is a person who has been in line with President Lee since the days of Seongnam Mayor," and added, "It is not a personnel matter, but the completion of judicial privatization. The Ministry of Justice will be reduced to a crime scene for defendant Lee Jae-myung."
The People Power Party again took issue with candidate Lee's lack of expertise in the criminal justice field and his 'suspicion of involvement in the Daejang-dong incident.'
Chief Spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon said in a commentary that day, "Over the 33 years of his career, candidate Lee has been at the forefront of the defense team or has taken sole charge of 258 civil cases and 10 criminal cases," and pointed out, "In a situation where confusion in the criminal justice field must be resolved, the public's safety cannot be entrusted to a minister with such little criminal experience."
In addition, he raised suspicions about his involvement in the Daejang-dong incident, saying, "In the screening for the appointment of Mr. Dong-gyu Yoo, a key figure in Daejang-dong, he gave 76 points to his competitor and 90 points to Mr. Yoo, and the Seongnam City Council even mentioned the revitalization of Daejang-dong and said that the Seongnam Industrial Promotion Foundation, which he led, needed a research function for a 'strategic approach'."
In addition, he added, "When he was the CEO of the foundation, he concurrently served as an outside director of a bio company and agreed to the establishment of a joint venture worth 1 billion won, and the joint venture was located in Pangyo Techno Valley, which the foundation was intensively fostering. It is said that Mayor Lee Jae-myeong was the person who allowed the concurrent position."
