It seems that the At today's plenary session, Chung Myung-ho, director of parliamentary affairs, reported that a proposal to consent to Lee's arrest was accepted by the National Assembly on the 19th.
On the 18th, prosecutors announced charges related to the suspicion of preferential development for Baekhyeon-dong and the suspicion of Sangbangul remittances to North Korea.
A preliminary arrest warrant was requested for Lee on charges of breach of trust and bribery. When a restraining warrant is requested, the court sends a request for arrest consent to the public prosecutor's office, which is passed through the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office and the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry corresponds to the Ministry).
Submitted to the Diet. The bill consenting to Lee's arrest was approved by President Yoon Seo-gyeol and submitted to the National Assembly on the 19th. The arrest consent bill must be reported at a plenary session held immediately after it is submitted based on the National Diet Act.
The vote will be put to a secret ballot within 24 hours and then 72 hours later. Even if a verdict is not reached within the deadline, it will not be discarded, but will be tabled and processed at the first plenary session held thereafter.
The motion to consent to Lee's arrest is expected to be put to a vote at the plenary session on the 21st. The arrest consent proposal requires the presence of a majority of registered members and the approval of a majority of the members present.
Approved by. The Democratic Party has 167 seats, and the approval of the arrest consent proposal is determined by the decisions of Democratic Party members. If the arrest consent bill is approved, Representative Lee will be required to attend the court's arrest warrant review.
If denied, the court will dismiss the warrant without a hearing.
2023/09/20 11:17 KST
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