People Power Party Leader Jang Dong-hyuk Calls on Kim Min-seok and Jung Chung-rae to Discuss Special Counsel and By-elections

People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk proposed on June 15 regarding the unprecedented ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections, saying, "Prime Minister Kim Min-seok and Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae should stop just raising their voices and meet with me immediately to discuss a special counsel and by-elections."

At the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly, Chairman Jang urged, "We must launch a special counsel immediately and entrust the investigation to a special prosecutor recommended by the People Power Party," adding, "It is the only way to satisfy the public."

Regarding President Lee Jae-myung's statement during a virtual meeting with senior aides while on an overseas trip to Europe—where he said he would "acknowledge and accept the legitimate concerns raised by the public"—Jang criticized it as "nothing more than lip service." He demanded a clear stance, stating, "The concerns raised by the public are to hold by-elections and to appoint a special counsel to punish those responsible for the need for these by-elections, yet he said nothing about this."

He continued, "The bigger problem is that he intimidated the citizens gathered at Olympic Park, calling them 'conspiracy-mongering forces' and saying they should be held accountable for obstructing police duties," and claimed, "He gave instructions to the police to disperse all the citizens and prevent them from gathering at Olympic Park any further."

Meanwhile, regarding the recent establishment of the 'Committee for the Future of Respect for Human Rights in Prosecution' by Minister of Justice Jung Sung-ho, Chairman Jang criticized it, saying, "They openly selected only those who side with Lee Jae-myung for all seven committee seats; it is a 'predetermined conclusion committee' that has already decided to cancel the trials."

He added, "The establishment of such an absurd committee itself is an abuse of power by the Minister," and further stated, "If the President ordered it, it is clear grounds for impeachment."

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