On the 7th, the court postponed the first trial date of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate, regarding the "Daejang-dong, Wirye, Baekhyeon-dong, and Seongnam FC case" to June 24, which is after the presidential election. Initially, this trial was scheduled for the 13th.
Earlier, the court also postponed the first trial of Lee Jae-myung's "violation of the Public Official Election Act case" to June 18, which is after the presidential election. This trial was set to take place on the 15th.
The candidate requested the court on this day to also postpone the appeal trial of the "witness coaching case" to after the presidential election. This trial is scheduled for the 20th.
In the legal community, there are comments that "the court is continually postponing trials regarding the candidate's major allegations."
In response, there are concerns such as, "Is the court yielding to pressure from the Democratic Party?" and "It seems that Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's principle of speedy trials does not operate anymore."
On this day, the Democratic Party passed a revision to the Criminal Procedure Act in the National Assembly's Judiciary Committee, which stipulates that "if a defendant is elected president, ongoing trials shall be suspended." Currently, Lee Jae-myung is facing five trials on 12 charges, and if he becomes president, he aims to avoid all these trials.
The Democratic Party also passed a plan in the National Assembly's Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the 14th against Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae. This can be seen as an attempt to pressure the Supreme Court, which made a decision to remand the election law violation charges against the candidate with the implication of guilt.