PPP Criticizes Prosecutors' Decision Not to Appeal Roh Woong-rae's Case, Calling It 'Submission to Power'

The People Power Party (PPP) has criticized the prosecution's decision not to appeal the acquittal of former Democratic Party lawmaker Roh Woong-rae—who had been indicted on bribery and illegal political fund charges and cleared in both the first and second trials—calling it an act that "capitulates to political power and abandons the rule of law."

"We are compelled to ask whether the prosecution is an institution that defends the law or a judicial shield for the administration," Chief Spokesperson Park Sung-hoon said in a commentary today (August 29).

Referring to President Lee Jae-myung’s recent social media post following the appellate court's acquittal, which stated, "He was indicted by political prosecutors and even stripped of his political life by his party," Spokesperson Park remarked, "If a single word from the president dictates the prosecution's judgment, and if the state refuses to contest rulings favorable to those in power in court, can we truly call this the prosecution of a constitutional state?"

Addressing the government and the ruling party, Park launched a sharp attack, demanding an "immediate halt to attempts to turn the prosecution into a bulletproof shield for the administration." He added, "The public will never tolerate this cartel of power-backed impunity, comprising a prosecution that has bowed to the dictates of power and an administration that moves to shield its own."

"The Lee Jae-myung administration and the Democratic Party, which seek to seize power to whitewash their own wrongdoings, along with the prosecution that surrendered judicial justice at a single word from the president, will inevitably face stern judgment from the public," he added.

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