People Power Party Suwon Party Council Chairpersons “Please explain suspicions about recruiting Rights Party members”

Five chairmen of the People Power Party's Suwon City, Gyeonggi Party Council held a press conference at the Suwon City Council on the morning of the 12th and urged, "Mayor Jae-Jun Lee directly explain to the citizens of Suwon whether he was aware of or involved in the suspicion of recruiting illegal rights party members."

They said, “The suspicion of illegal recruitment of rights party members by the mayor of Suwon, which has been revealed through recent media reports, is by no means an issue to be taken lightly.”

The chairmen of the party council emphasized, "This case is not just a matter of considering the deviation of a few individuals," and added, "It must be revealed whether Suwon City's public service community was unfairly mobilized for the election, whether the official status and administrative organization were used for the party's primary or election campaign for a specific candidate, and whether there was any systematic instruction or intervention in the process."

They demanded that the police thoroughly investigate the entire suspicion of illegal recruitment of right-wing party members and transparently disclose the progress and results of the investigation.

He also urged Suwon City to conduct its own inspection of the election intervention of public officials and affiliated organizations and make the results public.

Previously, on the 10th, Mr. A, a former political official in Suwon City, was arrested by the police on charges of illegally recruiting Rights Party members to help Mayor Lee's re-election ahead of the June 3 simultaneous national local elections.

The police applied for arrest warrants for Mr. A, as well as five other people, including a current public official and former Mayor Lee camp official, on the same charge, but the court dismissed the request for arrest warrants for these five people.

The police are also conducting an investigation to determine whether Mayor Lee was complicit.

Mayor Lee's side previously stated, "Mr. A is not a member of the election campaign and Mayor Lee has nothing to do with this incident."