South Korea's ruling party criticizes opposition party's impeachment hearings on prosecutors, saying they are being used as a political safeguard for Lee Jae-myung and are merely a forum for his defense.

On the 2nd, the ruling party of South Korea, the People Power Party, made a statement regarding the impeachment hearing of the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor Park Yo-yong, which was held in the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee under the leadership of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, that "the Democratic Party of Korea's
"It is nothing more than a bulletproof tool (political protection) for Chairman Lee Jae-myung and a forum for criminal defendants to make excuses," the party's spokesperson Kim YOUNG JI-ju said in a commentary, "Today,
"The hearings on the investigation into the illegal funding of North Korea by the US-led coalition government were as empty and unsatisfying as expected," he said.
Kim said, "Lee Hwayeong, former Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province, will appear as a witness and will provide his unilateral opinion.
"I understand Lee's anxiety about the ruling, but the way he has acted is extremely despicable," he said.
"First, Vice Governor Lee testified that he had reported the matter to Representative Lee, but later said, 'The prosecution
He claimed that he was coerced and induced into making his statement,' and added, "His constant changing of position has a political intent to obfuscate the essence of the case."
"More than just having impure intentions to delay the court proceedings and prevent the truth from being uncovered,
"Nothing less than that," he said, adding, "The very fact that the Democratic Party is unilaterally holding a public hearing is a retaliatory measure by Chairman Lee."
"Pressure on the prosecution will not erase the suspicions against Lee, and the truth will come out," Kim said.
"Chairman Lee should quietly wait for the verdict, and the Democratic Party should stop holding hearings that are misleading the public," he said.