Kim Yong-min: “I didn’t get involved in politics just to get a seat.” Interpretation refuting President Lee (comprehensive)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Pyeong-cheon = Rep. Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea said on the 11th, "I started politics because there was a task I wanted to accomplish, not because I was greedy for position."

Rep. Kim said on Facebook, “Even now, in my undeserved position as a member of the National Assembly, I am just marching forward with my comrades in prosecution reform and judicial reform to create a fair world.”

He added, “Even if we lose that authority, we will keep moving forward.”

There is an interpretation that Rep. Kim's remarks were a rebuttal to President Lee Jae-myung's X (old Twitter) post.

In an article posted on

It is interpreted that this was taking into account the situation in which hardliners within the party oppose the appointment of candidate Kim Ji-yong as head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Office.

Rep. Kim, a representative prosecution reform hardliner, is a member of the ruling party, but continues to speak bitterly about the prosecution reform promoted by the Lee Jae-myung administration.

On the 1st, Rep. Kim targeted Candidate Kim on Facebook and pointed out, "After liberation, we created an anti-people special committee (Special Investigation Committee on Anti-National Acts), but what should we do if a pro-Japanese person is appointed as the chairman?" and "It is not right for the object of reform to be put in the position of reform."

Rep. Kim held a press conference in front of the main office of the Public Prosecution Service on the 2nd, when the Public Prosecution Service was launched, and criticized, "The candidate for the head of the Central Investigation Office has opposed prosecution reform and is a former prosecutor who held a press conference opposing the reduction of the prosecution's investigative power."

Rep. Kim said, “The National Assembly has opened a clear path to reform through law,” and urged, “Now the ball has passed to the government. The government must show the will and execution ability commensurate with the weight of reform.”

On the 5th, he refuted President Lee's

Representative Kim said on Facebook at the time, "I have never proposed a plan to place the Central Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Justice," and "The Central Investigation Agency Act proposed in 2021 designed the Central Investigation Agency as an independent investigative agency, not under the Ministry of Justice."

Rep. Kim also pointed out last month about the government's proposal to revise the organization of the Public Prosecution Office, saying, "Prosecution reform is going back" and "Prosecution reform is not the reorganization of the Lee Jae-myung administration. It is the people's wish to end the era of political and corruption prosecutions."