When asked about the cancellation of the indictment, Justice Candidate Lee said, "Focus on uncovering the truth... We must follow the laws and principles."

On the 9th, Justice Minister candidate Lee Yong-cheol (currently the head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration) expressed reservations about the possibility of the indictment being canceled in President Lee Jae-myung's criminal case, saying, "It is right to focus only on uncovering the truth."

Candidate Lee was asked about the controversy over the cancellation of the indictment at a meeting with reporters while on his way to work at the Defense Acquisition Program Office in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, this morning. He answered, "The President suggested to the National Assembly that the special prosecution focus only on finding the truth, excluding the right to transfer existing cases so that it can focus only on finding the truth. Accordingly, the National Assembly also enacted the Special Prosecutor Act accordingly."

He added, “Therefore, from now on, I think it is right to focus solely on uncovering the truth, and I think it is desirable to do the rest in accordance with law and principles.”

The 'right to transfer' mentioned by candidate Lee appears to have taken into account what President Lee had previously told the National Assembly at a press conference on September 18, "I hope that among the powers of the controversial special prosecutor for fabrication indictments, I hope they will delete the provisions on transfer and disposition of existing indicted cases and focus only on uncovering the truth."

Previously, former Minister of Justice Jeong Sung-ho said about the possibility of indictment cancellation, “It is a matter for the prosecution (currently the Public Prosecution Office) to decide.”

Acting Minister Lee Jin-soo (Vice Minister) also said, “Minister Jeong Seong-ho also made it clear that the Ministry of Justice has no intention of ordering the indictment to be canceled based on specific case command,” but candidate Lee Yong-cheol, unlike this, held off on expressing his intention clearly.

On this day, candidate Lee again refuted the opposition party's point that he was the 'hidden architect of the Daejang-dong project'.

He explained, “It was 2010 when Director Yoo Dong-gyu was appointed,” and “At that time, the role of Seongnam City Facilities Management Corporation had nothing to do with the Daejeon-dong project.”

He then emphasized, "Before the establishment of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, Director Yoo Dong-gyu left his position as the chairman of the Seongnam City Facilities Management Corporation for a while and was reappointed, and I had no involvement in the appointment process at all. And, then and now, I know very little about the Daejeon-dong project."

Former Director Yoo Dong-gyu is a person who was classified as a close associate of President Lee Jae-myung when he was mayor of Seongnam and governor of Gyeonggi Province, but then turned into a confrontational relationship. He was sentenced to eight years in prison in the first trial for his involvement in Daejang-dong development corruption while serving as head of the Seongnam City Facilities Management Corporation and Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, and the second trial is in progress.

Candidate Lee Yong-cheol also responded to former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation headquarters director Yoo Dong-gyu appearing on a YouTube channel and saying, "I played poker with candidate Lee Yong-cheol at a chicken restaurant and accumulated about 2 million won in stakes," and claimed, "Mr. Yoo Dong-gyu made a very malicious slander against me. I have never gambled with a large amount of money beyond temporary entertainment with family and friends."

He pointed out that Mr. Yoo's words were unreliable, saying, "I cannot help but ask whether it is common sense to remember in detail what happened ten years ago as if it were yesterday and exactly how many million won I earned and gambled at a certain restaurant."

In addition, he refuted, "Mr. Yoo Dong-gyu slandered me by saying that I am a person who does everything he can to carry out the President's orders. I wish he could give at least one specific example of me carrying out the President's orders without any hesitation."

In response to the opposition party's point that Candidate Lee has a close relationship with President Lee Jae-myung, he said, "I don't think that a close relationship with the President would be a reason for disqualification as a minister," and added, "It would be a problem if he was appointed based on personal relationships alone, without any regard for expertise, insight, or qualifications, but otherwise, a close relationship with the President is something that has often been repeated in the case of many previous ministers."

Regarding his nomination as Minister of Justice, he also said, "I understand that the President's nomination of me means that I will successfully complete the prosecution reform with the same intention from the beginning and establish a new criminal justice system successfully and early."

In response to a question about whether there were indications that he would be weak in judicial administration, he answered, "I was the first to start the prosecution reform, and not only have I sufficiently dealt with many issues related to the judicial reform along with the prosecution reform, but I think I will be able to make up for any shortcomings if I utilize my 30 years of legal experience and the administrative experience of successfully leading a large organization called the Defense Acquisition Program Administration."