Opposition Parties Press for Presidential Veto on Criminal Procedure Act in Final Offensive

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Conservative opposition parties, including the People Power Party, strongly protested, declaring that South Korea's rule of law has received a death sentence. They urged President Lee Jae-myung to exercise his veto power against the revision to the Criminal Procedure Act.

Here is reporter Kim Bo-mi.

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Today (August 3), as President Lee Jae-myung returned to Korea after wrapping up his tour of the United States and three South American countries, the People Power Party headed to the vicinity of the presidential office to hold an on-site Supreme Council meeting.

The People Power Party urged the president to exercise his veto power, denouncing the revision to the Criminal Procedure Act passed by the National Assembly as a "bad law that only benefits criminals."

[Chang Dong-hyuk / Leader, People Power Party : South Korea's rule of law has received a death sentence. If he refuses to exercise his veto power, calls for impeachment will only grow stronger.]

The People Power Party intensified its offensive by raising these arguments regarding the addition of grounds for dismissal of indictment in the revised bill.

[Chung Jeom-shik / Floor Leader, People Power Party : The very first thing the president must take care of is halting his ugly deal with the Democratic Party aimed at having his own trial canceled.]

The Reform Party also urged President Lee to exercise his veto power. Citing the results of its own public opinion poll showing that more than 80 percent of those in their 20s and 30s view the revision negatively, the party applied pressure as follows:

[Lee Jun-seok / Leader, Reform Party : If he does not use his veto power, this law will remain not only as a law made by the Democratic Party but also as a law that the president failed to block.]

If President Lee promulgates the amendment without exercising his veto power, the People Power Party plans to file a petition for a constitutional review with the Constitutional Court. Consequently, the political battle surrounding the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act is expected to continue onto the stage of the Constitutional Court.

(Video by Lee Seung-hwan and Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing by Yu Mi-ra | Graphics by Seo Hyun-jung)
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