Democratic Party Korea Leader to Remain in Power Despite Indictment for Corruption
This is likely the reason Lee Jae-myung sought leadership of the political opposition despite being a failed presidential candidate; so he could claim any charges against him were politically motivated:
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Wednesday to allow party leader Lee Jae-myung to retain his position despite his indictment on corruption charges.
Earlier in the day, the prosecution charged him with bribery and breach of trust stemming from his time as mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul, years ago.
Under Article 80 of the DP charter, the party is supposed to suspend those indicted on corruption charges from duty. But the rule does not apply when the indictment is deemed politically motivated.
The DP’s party affairs committee convened after Lee’s indictment was announced, and made the decision to exempt Lee from suspension, according to DP spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom.
Yonhap
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Well, technically, an indictment is only an accusation—not proof, and not a conviction. No reason to remove him from power unless he’s proven guilty of something.
https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1638595531290157068
Yoon has been trying to muster his prosecutor friends for a long time now to find something, I mean, something on this guy, and make it stick. If they can’t make it stick, they’ll do the next step. They’ll make up something that will stick.
Rokdrop is a shamelessly biased site that backs Yoon’s America first party. For instance, this is Yoon’s right-wing party that wants to bring in slave labor from developing countries to become nannies without a minimum wage, with the excuse that they want to fight the low birth rate.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/03/281_347702.html
Rokdrop won’t report this story here, cause that’s damaging to the Korean Right party.
@Korean Homme, otherwise known as Korean Man’s sock puppet, just because I don’t post a story doesn’t mean I disagree or agree with it. I don’t have time to read or post every single article in the Korean media. That is why I have an Open Thread every week for people to post links to share with other readers.
As far as Yoon being America first, he is more like Korea First. He is strengthening defense cooperation with the US and Japan to counter North Korea while simultaneously making sure to not antagonize China to maintain economic cooperation. This is better than giving in to North Korea’s threats and being subservient to China like many of his critics want.
Even 1,600 years ago they knew, Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)