Ruling party floor leader: ”We will fully promote judicial reform to eliminate the Uri Law Research Association's cartel” = South Korea

On the 23rd, Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of South Korea's ruling party People Power Party, said, "The Constitutional Court should immediately indict Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, President of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and other national
"I want the government to decide to dismiss the impeachment charges against key figures who are essential to ensuring political stability, and to fully protect the defense and personal rights of those facing impeachment, including the president," he said.
"In order to increase trust in the judiciary, we will fully implement judicial reform to eliminate the judicial monopoly caused by the Uri Law Research Association's cartel (collusion)," he said.
That afternoon, Kwon held a press conference at the National Assembly and said, "The Constitutional Court has decided that results cannot justify procedures, and ends cannot justify means.
"Whatever the outcome of the impeachment trial, the decision should be made in accordance with the law and based on fair procedures, so that the public can be satisfied and trusted wholeheartedly," he said.
However, when asked whether he would accept the results of the impeachment trial, Kwon said, "Our party's official position has not been decided yet, but we will accept the results of the proceedings as soon as possible."
The accuracy of the information has not been confirmed, so we will point this out," he said, appearing to leave room for refusal.
The floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party is Lee Jae-myung.
He also continued to criticize the chairman. Kwon said, "Recently, Chairman Lee has been optimistic about his own election official law (related trial), and many people believe that if he is elected president, the criminal trial will be suspended.
"What Lee said is clearly Fei News," said Kwon, the floor leader, who said, "It is arrogant for the defendant to express his optimism, let alone be ashamed of the ongoing trial."
"But who created this arrogance?" he asked, "It took two years and two months for the first trial on election law to be acquitted of incitement to perjury, and it was Lee's
This is the result of the judiciary, which has become particularly small when it comes to its own actions," he said, criticizing the government, saying, "At the heart of the public's distrust of our judiciary in general is the judicial cartel of the Uri Law Research Association."
Regarding the recent drop in approval ratings for the ruling party's presidential candidates, including Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Moon-soo and Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun, Floor Leader Kwon said,
"I will acknowledge it and humbly accept it," he said. However, Kwon said, "However, it is not appropriate to evaluate any trend based on one opinion poll. We will wait to see two or three more opinion polls in the future.
"We will evaluate it and decide on the stance we should take," he said in response to a remark made by party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo in the morning that the party leadership was not doing enough to appeal to moderate voters.
Kwon responded by saying, "We have policies in place for the moderates and we are always appealing to them." Regarding Lee's sudden right-wing move, he said, "He really understands the meaning of the moderate and is speaking.
I don't know if he is speaking on purpose or without knowing, but it is Chairman Lee who is fading the meaning of centrism," he said, criticizing, "The reason he calls himself a centrist conservative is to push our party to the far right."
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