Innovation Party "Loss of national power upon appointment"... 'Opposition to Kim Ji-yong' party line confirmed

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Joo-seong = On the 15th, the Fatherland Innovation Party confirmed its stance against the appointment of Kim Ji-yong, candidate for the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Office, based on party lines.

The Innovation Party, a pro-Moon (pro-Moon Jae-in) faction, made this decision through a closed-door Supreme Council meeting and emergency general meeting ahead of the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee's scheduled adoption of the personnel hearing progress report on Candidate Kim.

Secretary General Jeong Chun-saeng criticized at the highest public position, saying, "Candidate Kim has never publicly spoken, acted, written, or resisted the power of the prosecution for prosecution reform. He is not the right person for prosecution reform. Rather, he has been on the wrong side of prosecution reform in every major case where the prosecution's problems were revealed."

Supreme Council member Hwang Hyun-seon also said, "Through the personnel hearing, Candidate Kim proved to the entire nation that he has no philosophy or qualifications as the head of the Central Investigation Agency, and that he is a cowardly careerist. If he goes against the public sentiment and presses ahead with the appointment of an unqualified person, there is a high risk that it will lead to a regression in prosecution reform and a loss of momentum in state affairs."

Meanwhile, the Innovation Party said in a media notice that it was "conditionally in favor" of the special prosecution bill on fabrication of indictments promoted by the Democratic Party of Korea, and that "discussions on the 'Special Act on Investigation into the Abuse of Prosecution Powers by Yoon Seok-yeol' proposed by the Innovation Party should be held in parallel."