Lee Jae-myung, the president, on the 7th said, "When prosecutors indict and the court finds the indictment was wrong, ordinarily the prosecutors who filed the wrongful indictment should be criticized."
At 1 p.m. (Korea time) that day, the president held a press briefing with the traveling press corps at the Shanghai press center in China and made the remarks.
The president said, "Strangely, when Lee Jae-myung or the Democratic Party is involved, people defend the prosecutors by saying the court's decision is wrong when there is an acquittal," adding, "Isn't that odd? Why nitpick about not appealing? The blame should be on bringing the case in the first place."
He continued, "Why say the court's ruling is wrong and demand it be overturned? That completely departs from neutrality," stressing, "The standard changes every time. Sometimes they say it was an overreaching indictment. When someone is acquitted, isn't it customary to criticize it as an overreaching indictment?"
The president also said, "If the court's ruling is not wrong, then appealing should instead be scolded," adding, "But oddly, when prosecutors do not appeal, they are criticized, 'Why not appeal?' This is a problem."