When the Seoul High Court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was charged with bribery and other charges, to imprisonment for two years and June, “the sentence is extremely insufficient”, “the sentence reduction is contrary to the constitution”, “the court still has It is soft to the ruler”, criticism from various fields poured out. However, unlike in the past, there was also a reaction that it was fortunate that the sentence was sentenced.
In a commentary on the 18th, Justice Party spokesman Jang Tae-soo said, “It is fortunate that the chaebol chief has not been sentenced to three years in prison and five years in probation. It is a regrettable verdict for condemning an accomplice in the national flag disorder crime called Nongdan.” Spokesperson Chang said that although the crime for which the bribery of 8,680,81 million won was donated is a crime equivalent to a life sentence of life or more than five years in accordance with the Act on the Aggravated Punishment for Specific Economic Crimes, the court applied the lowest five-year sentence and cut it by half again. Pointed out.
Spokesman Jang said that it is difficult to avoid criticism that the law has been transformed into the Criminal Reduction and Punishment Act for specific businessmen. “Even if compared to the sentence that sentenced Samsung C&T employees to four years in prison for embezzling 1 billion won, it is not fair.” He said, “It is contrary to the Korean Constitution, which states that all citizens are equal before the law and social special class systems are not recognized.”
Open Democratic Party spokesman Kim Seong-hoe also said, “I am sorry that the sentence is extremely insufficient compared to the offense.” “All the people have tried to protect the independence of the judiciary to give fair punishment to those who have committed the crime, but the judgment of the judiciary is only for those with money. It was a judgment that once again confirmed that it was soft.”
In addition, the Democratic Party and the People’s Party made comments to the effect of respecting the judgment of the court. In a written briefing on the pending issue this afternoon, Choi In-ho, the chief spokesman of the Democratic Party, said, “Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s bribery is never light. With this, it became clear that the Kukjeong Nongdan incident was a constitutional violation that shook the foundation of the Republic of Korea and harassed the people.” Chief spokesman Choi said, “Parties in the case of Gukjeong Nongdan must immediately apologize before the people and have a time of intense self-reflection.” “In the future, we will break the link between corruption and corruption in the history of Korea, and the history of tragedy will repeat itself. I will do my best to prevent it.”
“We respect the court’s judgment and sentencing for this vice chairman,” said Hong Kyung-hee, chief spokesman for the National Assembly Party, saying, “I hope that our society will break the old-fashioned chain of political convergence through this case and move on to the future.”
Park Yong-jin, a member of the Democratic Party, also said, “Looking at the proceedings of the trial, it was evaluated that the judgment was made in good faith, not a judgment on the conglomerate head of the conglomerate, which many people were concerned about.” “The ruling that was made more than five years after the bribery case “There is a feeling of being late, but we are fortunate that our people’s simple faith and justice can be established.”
Kim Yong-min, a member of the National Assembly Legislative and Judicial Committee, also pointed out that “I am fortunate to be sentenced to imprisonment for breaking the expectation that I will be sentenced to probation.”
The power of the people has not released a separate comment or position until at 4:30 pm on the 18th.
Civil society and the labor community also voiced both evaluation and criticism. In a commentary, the Economic and Financial Center of the Participatory Solidarity evaluated it as “the minimum condemnation against the total number of chaebols who committed felony crimes of embezzlement and bribery worth 8.6 billion won with Gukjeong Nonong.” The Participation Solidarity said, “The case is still not viewed as a criminal act of both sides of political conflict, but the sentencing judgment was made based on the false fact that Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong passively responded to the request of former President Park Geun-hye.” He criticized him as abusing the sentencing system by sticking to the wrong application of the Compliance Committee, which is not suitable for the case.” In particular, the Participation Solidarity pointed out that the sentence of two years and six months in prison was very unfair, considering the seriousness and repetition of this crime, the social confusion caused by impeachment and impeachment, and the purpose of the Supreme Court’s destruction and return. .
The Participation Solidarity said, “It is a very serious fault for not grasping the essential facts and essence of this case,” and “for the succession of management rights of the person, for the judgment that Lee’s crime was implied in response to the request of former President Park. The vice-chairman himself expressed his willingness to give bribes, embezzled and provided company funds amounting to 86 billion won, and the Park Geun-hye administration overlooked the process of illegal Samsung C&T merger.”
The Confederation of Trade Unions also criticized “I welcome the sentence of imprisonment by the Seoul High Court today for the total number of conglomerates who have scorned the state administration,” and criticized it as “but, compared to the crimes committed and the sentence of special prosecutors.” To the business world, the KCTU urged, “Don’t cover the evils done by the capital with Samsung,” and urged, “Hold down and take the judgment of today as a mirror to recognize and admit that the time has come when the world does not return to the will of capital.” did.
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