"Lee Jae Myung's 1st trial" aftermath...Opposition "Political Judgment," ruling party "threatens judges"

Minjoo, the judiciary's denunciation...Park Chan-dae "Clear Judicial Murder"

Park Chan-dae said, "Wrong decision...Public opinion on punishment of the President and his wife spreads"

Lee Jae-myung "Prosecutors Disturb National Order...We have to pass the special prosecutor's office.

[Anchor]
Since Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence and "dismissal of the right to run for election" in the first trial of violating the Public Official Election Act, a strong backlash has been brewing in the political world.

The Democratic Party of Korea has repeatedly criticized the court, calling it a "political judgment," and has set the day that the people are threatening judges for Lee's bulletproofness.

Let me connect you to the National Assembly. Reporter Lee Junyeop!

First of all, I think there will be a lot of shockwaves in the Democratic Party.

How's the atmosphere today?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party leadership meeting this morning resembled a denunciation of the case.

Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the first trial, criticized the result as the worst ruling that will remain a stain on the history of the judiciary, saying that the result of the first trial was a clear judicial murder.

After the false ruling, public opinion is spreading that Yoon Suk Yeol's president and his wife should be punished.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: People are angry that the investigation into Kim Gun-hee has not been carried out properly and not even prosecuted when the leader and spouse of the main opposition party have been investigated and tried for more than two years]

Lee Jae-myung did not mention his trial, but stressed that he would pass the Kim Gun-hee Special Prosecutor Act, saying the prosecution is disrupting the national order by abusing prosecution power, concealing crimes, and exercising unfair authority.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader: Since an overwhelming majority of the people want an independent counsel, we will do our best to ensure that the independent counsel is realized in accordance with the will of the sovereign of this country.]

Within the party, it seems to dismiss concerns that the offensive against the judiciary could backfire and emphasize that representative Lee Jae-myung's leadership will be strong.

Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok emphasized in a radio interview that even if there are 100 misjudgments like this ruling, the trend of regime change is not shaken, and representative Lee is at the center of the trend.

[Anchor]
How is the atmosphere of the ruling party?

I don't think he's slowing down the offensive.

[Reporter]
In the power of the people, the first trial of Lee's perjury teacher is now a week away.

Representative Han Dong-hoon accused the Democratic Party of destroying the judicial system twice with "inspection and intimidation" for bulletproofness and intimidation of judges at the Supreme Council.

He stressed that the public watching the trial will be tired, and that he will set up a TF at the level of the legal committee to monitor the progress of the trial and prevent distortion.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of the People's Power: (Perjury teacher) is a typical obstruction of justice, but it is more like a self-harm to go to the extreme ahead of the sentence and to obstruct justice, which is intimidating judges.]

Floor leader Choo Kyung-ho also urged the Democratic Party to stop holding a rally every week to call for the passage of the Special Prosecutor's Law on Kim, saying it was nothing short of a resolution to save Lee Jae-myung.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: What Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party should do is stop the crime bulletproof asphalt politics and humbly wait for the judiciary's judgment.]

However, there are many voices saying that the "reflective benefit" from the conviction of Representative Lee will not be significant, and that the internal reform process, which has emerged due to the issue of First Lady Kim Gun-hee, should continue.

A key party official said that efforts to reform, including a special inspector, will lead to a "two-track" apart from the offensive against Lee, just as the ruling and opposition parties have made when they called for five major reforms in the presidential office.

[Anchor]
Please also point out the situation in the floor, you can expect cold air, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, at 2:20 p.m., there will be a regular meeting between Choo Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People's Power, Park Chan-dae of the Democratic Party, and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik.

Special inspector, parliamentary investigation of the case of Chae Sang-byung, and recommendation of constitutional judges are expected to be discussed.
Considering the frozen political situation of
and the large disagreement between the ruling and opposition parties, it will not be easy to reach an agreement.

In the midst of this, the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts today began reviewing the budget increase and decrease, starting with the ministries and agencies under the jurisdiction of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee.

The ruling and opposition parties plan to vote on the budget plan at a general meeting on the 29th after the so-called review by the 25th, and keep the legal deadline of the 2nd of next month, but it is expected that it will not be easy due to the extreme confrontation.

I'm YTN's Lee Junyeop in the National Assembly.