The People Power Party claimed that a special investigation is needed into independent lawmaker Lee Chun-seok, who was expelled from the Democratic Party of Korea over allegations of proxy stock transactions. It emphasized that all members of the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning should undergo a thorough investigation of proxy assets, as Lee served as the chair of the committee's economy subcommittee under the Lee Jae-myung administration.
Song Eon-seok, the chairperson of the People Power Party's emergency response committee and the floor leader, stated during an emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 7th that "the incident involving Lee's proxy transactions is a power-related corruption case that is difficult to investigate solely with the police's capabilities," and added, "the People Power Party proposes a special investigation into the Lee Chun-seok Gate."
The chairperson noted, "This incident is not merely an individual deviation but a power-related case deeply linked to a representative state project of the Lee Jae-myung administration," and asserted, "It should rightly be called a power-related internal information misuse national misconduct gate, commonly referred to as the Lee Chun-seok Gate."
He continued, "The question must be clarified about what influence Lee had on the participation of Naver and LG CNS in the AI national representative project and whether there were others, aside from Lee, who purchased stocks while knowing internal information regarding the AI national representative project." He expressed skepticism about whether opaque financial transactions and proxy transactions are not a cemented culture of the Democratic Party.
The chairperson also criticized the ministerial appointments of the Lee Jae-myung administration, pointing out that Minister Bae Kyung-hun of the Ministry of Science and ICT is from LG AI Research Institute, and noted the connections of Han Seong-suk, Choi Hwi-young, and Ha Jung-woo, all of whom are former Naver employees.
The chairperson said, "Kim Nam-kook, the Presidential Office's digital communication secretary, reported assets of 1.5 billion won when he was a member of the National Assembly, yet traded an astonishing 6 billion won worth of coins," and proposed, "a comprehensive investigation into proxy assets of everyone involved in the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning, and if necessary, an investigation into all 300 members of the National Assembly."