Minjoo, shock, embarrassment... "The ruling in response to the attempt to exterminate the political situation"

[Anchor]
In addition, the Democratic Party of Korea cannot hide its embarrassment at the first trial of Lee Jae-myung.

As much as he was convinced of his innocence, the shock seems to come even greater, and the Democratic Party refuted the ruling one by one, lashing out at the clear political judgment.

I'm reporter Jeong In-yong.

[Reporter]
The leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea was convinced of innocence until the morning of the first trial of Lee Jae-myung.

When considering facts or legal principles, they cannot even be subject to punishment.

[Jeon Hyun-hee / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: Lee Jae-myung, I would like to say that the Public Official Election Act is a perfect innocence based on the existing laws and the Supreme Court precedents]

However, an emergency supreme council meeting was held two hours after the ruling, with representative Lee Jae-myung in attendance when the suspended prison sentence came out, not guilty or fined.

The Democratic Party of Korea said that the prosecutor distorted the prosecution and prosecuted it with words that Lee did not even say, and that it accepted it, setting the day as a clear political judgment.

[Cho Seung-rae / Senior spokesman for the Democratic Party of Korea: It cannot be a proper ruling because it was decided uncritically. The prosecution responded to the Yoon Suk Yeol regime's attempt to kill a presidential candidate and exterminate a political opponent with a ruling.]

He also refuted the ruling by citing the law, saying he could not accept the contents of the ruling.

First of all, he pointed out that CEO Lee never said whether he played golf with the late Kim Moon-ki, only said that he had manipulated the picture, but he ruled that he lied about not playing golf by interpreting it broadly.

He also argued that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's "threat" remarks over the change of use of Baekhyun-dong may be an exaggeration, but there is room to feel that way as there have been several official letters.

[Park Gyun-taek / Minjoo Party member: The central government (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) asks for active cooperation 11 times, and 3 times of them are just picking up the site of Baekhyun-dong Food Research Institute. Who doesn't think it's an act of mental pressure?]

Individual lawmakers also issued their own positions and criticized the court's judgment, saying that it would be a sign of judicial reform, and that it should be determined by the three-trial system.

Democratic lawmakers from the Moon Jae In government also issued separate statements and voiced their opinions that they would complete unfinished prosecution reform, saying that political prosecutors have created a crime that never existed.

With Representative Lee Jae-myung's 'judicial risk' eventually coming true with the first trial ruling,

The Democratic Party decided to proceed as scheduled with Lee, saying that the third outdoor rally condemning President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife had nothing to do with the ruling.

This is YTN Jeong Yong-yong.

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