National Power "Lee Yong-cheol, the hidden architect of Daejeon-dong... The Ministry of Justice will become the prosecution cancellation department."

Regarding the nomination of the Minister of Justice, "Seongnam Line goes around... Suspicion of involvement in Daejang-dong corruption"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Hee-won = On the 6th, the People Power Party fiercely criticized President Lee Jae-myung's nomination of the current head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Lee Yong-cheol, as a candidate for Minister of Justice, claiming that it was "an appointment for the purpose of canceling the indictment."

CEO Jang Dong-hyuk posted on Facebook that day, saying, “Minister of Justice, after going around and around, he ended up in the ‘Gyeongseong Line’” and “Candidate Lee Yong-cheol is the ‘hidden architect’ of Daejang-dong. He will be in charge of the ‘hidden architect’ of the indictment cancellation.”

At the same time, he added, "We even enforced the 'Indictment Cancellation Special Prosecutor Act'. It is the completion of the 'Lee Jae-myung prison escape project,'" and added, "The 'prison escapee' will definitely be caught. The period of imprisonment will only increase."

Floor leader Jeong Jeong-sik also criticized in a Facebook post, saying, "Director Lee Jae-myeong served as a member of the transition committee for Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myeong, and after that, he also served as CEO of the Seongnam Industry Promotion Foundation under Lee Jae-myeong's Seongnam City administration." He added, "Is Seongnam Line the only one that trusts and entrusts the cancellation of the indictment?"

At the same time, he pointed out, "There are suspicions of involvement in the Daejang-dong corruption, so in 2010, when Daejang-dong key man Dong-gyu Yoo was appointed as the head of the planning headquarters of the Seongnam City Facilities Management Corporation, he participated as a member of the executive recommendation committee and gave Mr. Yoo a high evaluation score." He pointed out, "The shadow of Kim Hyun-ji, Jeong Jin-sang, Kim Yong, and the secret organization of the Seongnam Line is darkly cast over the entire Lee Jae-myung administration."

Also, regarding the 'Saegil Law Firm' where the new Minister Lee worked, he said, "It is a law firm located in Seongnam City where President Lee served as the representative lawyer before he was elected mayor of Seongnam," and "Attorney Lee Sang-ho, who was appointed as the chairman of the Government Legal Service in June of this year, is from Saegil, the same person as the appointee, and he also defended Kim Yong in the case of receiving illegal political funds in the past."

Chief Spokesperson Park Chung-kwon said in a commentary, "The defendant in the Daejang-dong case is entrusting the Ministry of Justice in charge of his case to a close associate at the center of the Daejang-dong suspicions," and criticized, "It is no different from entrusting the key to a storehouse to a thief. Are the Lee Jae-myung administration's personnel appointments bulletproof and appointments just directives?"

He went on to say, “We cannot erase the reasonable suspicion that the influence of Kim Hyun-ji, the 1st Deputy Chief of Staff who is in control of everything, was influenced,” and urged, “President Lee must immediately withdraw the nomination and stop attempts to cancel the indictment.”

Rep. Joo Jin-woo also criticized in a Facebook post, "Nominee Lee Yong-cheol has no expertise in legal administration or crime prevention," and added, "We only selected a 'Lee Jae-myung representative' who will ensure that Lee Jae-myeong's indictment is canceled."

At the same time, he added, "On the day that the Special Prosecutor's Office Cancellation of Indictment Act was passed, we nominated Justice Minister Lee Yong-cheol," and added, "It is war. We must protect the liberal democratic system and the rule of law."

5-term lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo also posted on Facebook, saying, “Chief Commissioner Lee is the one who laid the groundwork for the Daejeon-dong Gate,” and added, “If this kind of person becomes the Minister of Justice, the Ministry of Justice will be reduced to a ‘department of prosecution cancellation.’”