In addition, Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon (right) and in-house representative Kim Tae-nyeon are talking at the report on the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Public Administration and Security held at the Blue House on the afternoon of the 8th.
In addition, the Democratic Party leadership bowed its head from the first meeting of the Central Party Election Countermeasure Committee on the 8th of April and 7th.
Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon, co-president, said, “I know so well that citizens are feeling anger and disappointment due to the alleged speculation of LH.” Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-yeon also said, “I feel the people’s anger and collapse. “I know that I look at all public officials and public institutions with an angry gaze.”
When it was confirmed in various public opinion polls that the allegations of speculation in the 3rd new town by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) had a significant impact on the votes, they lowered their attitude. A real-meter survey (requested by YTN) conducted on the last 2-5 days before and after the report on speculation allegations revealed that in Seoul and Busan where by-elections are held, the party support rate of the people’s power outpaced the Democratic Party within the margin of error. In Seoul, the approval rating of the people’s strength rose 4.7 percentage points to 34.2%, down 1.7 percentage points, ahead of the Democratic Party, which was only 29.6%. In Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam, the power of the people increased by 0.9% from the previous week to 39.9%, and the Democratic Party fell by 1.9% to 25.7%. (※For more information, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Committee or the Real Meter website)
In addition, the plate grew as former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol aimed at the LH incident with his first message after his retirement. In a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 7th, Jeon Yoon said, “If the investigation takes time, there is a great concern that the evidence will be destroyed. We must do an immediate and extensive investigation.” He added, “When the second new city was built in 2005, as a prosecutor at the Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office at the time, I had the experience of investigating the speculation suspicion of the Unjeong district in Paju,” he said. “You have to track the flow of money, not call people.”
The government and the Blue House also emergency
Even with President Moon Jae-in’s intensive instructions, such as “to conduct a thorough survey of land transactions” (last 3rd), and “respect your footsteps” (4th), as public opinion deteriorates, the government and the Blue House are also in a state of emergency.
On the 5th, an additional order was issued by President Moon, saying, “Quickly investigate whether Blue House employees and their families own the land in the third new city” (5th). On the 8th, he ordered the establishment of the government joint special investigation headquarters (combined version). “The (already formed) joint investigation team does not have the authority to investigate or investigate the private sector, so there is a limit to revealing illegal activities such as borrowing transactions and unregistered resale.” While. On this day, the Democratic Party sent an official letter to its members of the National Assembly and their assistants stating, “We are looking into the status of real estate possessions in the 3rd new city district of the person, spouse, and direct relatives (excluding assistants), so please cooperate.”
Zen self-investigation policy remains the same
However, as for the investigation methodology, it adhered to the policy of pre-examination and post-police investigation. Prime Minister Chung said, “The results of the first investigation led by the Prime Minister’s Office will be announced within a few days.” An official in the Prime Minister’s Office explained, “The joint investigation team (led by the Prime Minister’s Office) will first conduct the first investigation of LH employees and public officials, and the joint venture will expand the investigation to the next-name investment.”
Won Nae Kim said, “I will quickly prepare legislation so that speculation by public officials does not recur,” focusing on improving the system. In line with this, the Democratic Party is pouring out legislation that significantly tightens sanctions against speculation using undisclosed information. These include a bill that imposes a fine of 3 to 5 times the amount of profits obtained using undisclosed information (Rep. Jin-seok Moon on the 4th), and a bill that criminally punishes those who receive leaked undisclosed information (Rep. Park Sang-hyuk on the 8th).
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun (left) is receiving a report on the investigation of the alleged speculation of a new city by executives and staff members of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) from the head of Nam Gu-jun, who was appointed as the first head of the noodle headquarters at the office of the government office in Seoul on the 8th.
People’s power to aim for one stone and two
The people’s strength is insisting that “the prosecution should investigate or the auditor should come forward.” “There is a very skeptical response from the people about whether the government investigation is going to be done,” said Kim Jong-in, chairman of the National Power Emergency Countermeasure Committee on the 8th at a non-confrontation committee meeting. “The government should instruct the prosecution to investigate.”
Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee (right) and Ho-young Joo, a representative of the hospital, are attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 8th.
“I think LH should be called the Korea Speculative Housing Corporation,” said Ho-young Joo, head of the People’s Forces. He then argued that “the public will be convinced only when the auditor initiates an audit and investigates by the prosecution.”
Regarding the reason the prosecution could not investigate allegations of speculation by LH employees, he pointed out that it was “due to the adjustment of the prosecutor’s right to investigate the prosecutor’s office promoted by the ruling party.” While criticizing the LH crisis and the ruling party’s reform of the prosecution, it is interpreted as a criticism aimed at Ilseok Leejo, highlighting the presence of former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol and Auditor General Choi Jae-hyung, who are mentioned as opposition presidential candidates.
Junggu heating inside the Democratic Party
The dissatisfaction within the Democratic Party is not small in the party administration’s pre-investigation policy. Rep. Cho Eung-cheon, a secretary of the ruling party of the National Assembly Committee, criticized Facebook on the 7th, saying, “The adjustment of the investigative power of the prosecutors has shaken the beams of the investigation system, making it impossible for the prosecution to investigate the LH situation.” On the same day, words such as “The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport should be removed from the government joint investigation team” (Rep. Park Yong-jin) or “A thorough investigation by an auditor or an external investigative agency is necessary” (Rep. Jeong Il-young) came out.
However, Democratic Party Supreme Commissioner Kim Jong-min said at a meeting of the Central Line, “The prosecution must avoid the pre-modern investigation in which the police command the police in upper and lower uniforms. It was an opportunity to show the investigative model to the people.”
Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol leaves Cobana Contents in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 7th and is heading to his home. Covana Contents is a company run by President Yoon’s wife, Kim Gun-hee.
Reporters Song Seung-hwan and Yoon Seung-min [email protected]
