Oh Se-hoon "Special prosecution law on fabricated indictments, privatization of the judicial system for President Lee Jae-myung"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon criticized the Special Prosecution Act on Manipulation Prosecution, which was introduced to the plenary session led by the Democratic Party of Korea, calling it "the definitive version of privatization of the judicial system for President Lee Jae-myung."

On the 6th, Mayor Oh posted a post on Facebook titled 'Is President Lee Jae-myung dreaming of an absolute monarchy during the Joseon Dynasty?' and said, "The Democratic Party is finally pushing the special prosecution law on fabrication of prosecutions."

He claimed, “Housing prices and monthly rents are soaring, and the people are desperate to make ends meet every day, but the ruling party has no thought of the people’s livelihood,” and added, “It is pouring all its capabilities into eliminating the risk of the president’s trial.”

He then pointed out, “The Democratic Party insists that there is no problem because they have deleted the provision for cancellation of indictment, but the structure remains the same, in which cases in which the president himself is a party are subject to investigation (by a special prosecutor) and the special prosecutor is appointed by the president himself.”

He added, “They are raising suspicions that they are trying to use the results of the special prosecutor’s investigation as a justification to overturn the existing indictment and trial of the president.”

Mayor Oh said that it is estimated that the special prosecution will have a budget of about 30 billion won and over 300 personnel, and that the investigation will last up to 200 days. He criticized, "It is an unprecedented abuse of power to mobilize the national budget and investigative personnel to defend the president's personal judicial risk."

He also mentioned the 'Samsa' (三司) system of Saganwon, Saheonbu, and Hongmungwan, which kept the royal power in check during the Joseon Dynasty, and emphasized, "Even in the era when the king's power was strong, an institutional device was put in place to prevent abuse of power."

He asked, “If you make laws for one president, mobilize investigative agencies, and even try to shake up the judgment of the judiciary, what kind of era are you trying to govern?”

Mayor Oh urged the Democratic Party to "immediately stop the reckless rampage that seeks to turn the history of democracy upside down by shaking up the judicial system of the Republic of Korea and trampling on the rule of law in order to protect one president."

He continued, “If we do not ignore the people’s anger and do not fear the public’s eyes, all that remains is the public’s stern judgment of the Lee Jae-myung administration.”