The People Power Party criticized the investigation by the special counsel investigating the insurrection case into former floor leader Chu Kyung-ho, who faces allegations of obstructing the vote to lift martial law on Dec. 3. In particular, it said the special counsel's investigation of the former floor leader would ultimately lead to the dissolution of the People Power Party as an unconstitutional party, calling it a "suppression of the opposition."
On the morning of the 30th, the People Power Party held an emergency on-site general meeting of lawmakers in front of the office of the special counsel team investigating the insurrection case led by Cho Eun-suk in Seocho-gu, Seoul. On this day, the special counsel team summoned the former floor leader as a suspect for questioning over allegations that the National Assembly's vote to lift martial law was obstructed, and he appeared to be questioned.
Song Eon-seog, the floor leader, said, "The investigation by Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk into the former floor leader is not an investigation into an individual. It is an attempt to lump the People Power Party, the No. 2 party in the Assembly, together as an insurrectionary force and wipe it out," adding, "This 'fabricated special counsel,' which indiscriminately summons people and manufactures warrants to annihilate the opposition at all costs, is trying to cut off the lifeblood of Korea's democracy."
He went on, "They are spouting the absurd sophistry that a minority party with 107 seats obstructed the lifting of martial law. It is a fabricated investigation determined to cobble together something that sounds plausible," adding, "The Lee Jae-myung administration, which has unleashed the two ferocious dogs of the special counsel and the police and is obsessed with the suppression of the opposition and political retaliation, is a dictatorship."
Jang Dong-hyeok, the party leader, said, "Lee Jae-myung's administration's special counsel has already run its course. Even so, the special counsel is still wielding a bladeless sword, not knowing it is dying, and continuing its lawless investigation," adding, "The party that should be dissolved now, the party that should have been dissolved long ago, is the Democratic Party of Korea."
He continued, "What the people truly want now is to immediately resume the five trials of President Lee Jae-myung," adding, "Once again, we appeal to the conscience of the judges. If you are to protect the judiciary, if you are to protect Korea, we hope you will resume President Lee's five trials immediately."
The former floor leader, who appeared before the special counsel investigating the insurrection case that day, said on Facebook, "The Democratic Party administration is fronting the special counsel to conduct a targeted investigation aimed at me, who was the floor leader at the time, and is ultimately carrying out a political scheme to brand the People Power Party as an unconstitutional party," adding, "We will never yield to this lawless political oppression."