{"id":6924,"date":"2026-05-07T05:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6924\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:42:14","slug":"jang-dong-hyuk-calls-prosecution-withdrawal-last-tollgate-to-lee-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6924\/","title":{"rendered":"Jang Dong-hyuk Calls Prosecution Withdrawal &#8220;Last Tollgate to Lee Dictatorship&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk speaks at an on-site supreme council meeting held in front of the Sarangchae fountain at the former Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on the 7th. Yonhap News - Seoul Economic Daily Politics News from South Korea\" title=\"Jang Dong-hyuk Calls Prosecution Withdrawal &quot;Last Tollgate to Lee Dictatorship&quot;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto rounded-sm\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:contain;object-position:center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rcv.YNA.20260507.PYH2026050704290001301_P1.jpg\"\/>People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk speaks at an on-site supreme council meeting held in front of the Sarangchae fountain at the former Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on the 7th. Yonhap News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk sharply criticized the Democratic Party&#8217;s push for a &#8220;fabricated indictment special counsel,&#8221; saying illegal North Korea remittances, the Daejang-dong development corruption case, and election law violations are &#8220;blatant and shameless crimes from which imprisonment cannot be avoided, no matter how much prosecutors are hounded and the judiciary is intimidated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Jang made the remarks Monday while holding an on-site Supreme Council meeting in front of the former presidential office in Seoul. &#8220;Right now, President Lee Jae-myung has nothing on his mind but avoiding prison,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Jang stressed that Lee &#8220;is trying to erase his own crimes by appointing a special counsel himself.&#8221; He added, &#8220;In short, he wants to have a special prosecutor seize the indictment from the judge&#8217;s hands and tear it up himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;He is terrified of going to jail, but apparently not at all afraid of the public,&#8221; Jang said. &#8220;Withdrawing the prosecution is not merely about erasing Lee Jae-myung&#8217;s crimes \u2014 it is the last tollgate on the road to a Lee Jae-myung dictatorship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;The moment the criminal Lee Jae-myung tears up the indictment with his own hands, an all-powerful dictatorship will begin in earnest,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This country will become the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of South Korea, where the supreme dignity Lee Jae-myung and his pro-Lee factions monopolize wealth and power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Jang also took aim at the constitutional amendment bill expected to be tabled at the plenary session that day, dismissing it as &#8220;nothing more than a political scheme to extend the Lee Jae-myung dictatorship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;President Lee Jae-myung and this administration have so far ignored the Constitution and enacted all sorts of unconstitutional laws,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Why try to revise a Constitution they don&#8217;t even abide by?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">He emphasized, &#8220;If they want to amend the Constitution, President Lee Jae-myung must first declare that he will not seek another term. He must immediately withdraw the special counsel bill on prosecution cancellation, which is the epitome of unconstitutionality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Jang added, &#8220;Deliberation and debate in the National Assembly must come first, followed by national consensus. 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