South Korea’s opposition leader avoids arrest, but his party isn’t celebrating



Analysis South Korea’s opposition leader avoids arrest, but his party isn’t celebrating National Assembly votes to save Lee Jae-myung by single vote, revealing many within his party want to see him jailed John LeeFebruary 28, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON DP leader Lee Jae-myung attends the National Assembly for the plenary vote to determine his arrest, Feb. 27, 2023 \| Image: Facebook The leader of the Democratic Party (DP) avoided arrest over bribery allegations after a narrow parliament vote on Monday, but Lee Jae-myung must now helm an opposition that is anything but united behind him. Prosecutors accused Lee of receiving millions of dollars from corporate sponsors as mayor of Seongnam. In exchange, Lee allegedly used his authority as mayor to provide unfair advantages to these organizations. But Article 44 of the ROK Constitution states that incumbent lawmakers cannot be arrested or detained without the National Assembly’s consent while the legislature is in session. Lee’s fate was put to vote on Monday, © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea’s AI data center boom is colliding with the true cost of power 02Why South Korea cannot rebalance growth without stronger regional clusters 03Samsung, SK Hynix rejection exposes South Korea’s chip-grid financing problem 04Trump’s Cheongung social media post tests Seoul’s refusal to arm to Ukraine 05Lee Jae Myung risks public trust as South Korea rewires its justice system 06South Korea turns to Central Asia as Iran war tests its energy resilience 07Houthi seizure of Mokha sharpens South Korea’s Hormuz deployment dilemma 08Japan’s stronger yen may cut Korea’s import bill while raising funding costs

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South Korea’s opposition leader avoids arrest, but his party isn’t celebrating

National Assembly votes to save Lee Jae-myung by single vote, revealing many within his party want to see him jailed

John LeeFebruary 28, 2023

South Korea’s opposition leader avoids arrest, but his party isn’t celebrating

DP leader Lee Jae-myung attends the National Assembly for the plenary vote to determine his arrest, Feb. 27, 2023 | Image: Facebook

The leader of the Democratic Party (DP) avoided arrest over bribery allegations after a narrow parliament vote on Monday, but Lee Jae-myung must now helm an opposition that is anything but united behind him.

Prosecutors accused Lee of receiving millions of dollars from corporate sponsors as mayor of Seongnam. In exchange, Lee allegedly used his authority as mayor to provide unfair advantages to these organizations.

But Article 44 of the ROK Constitution states that incumbent lawmakers cannot be arrested or detained without the National Assembly’s consent while the legislature is in session.

Lee’s fate was put to vote on Monday,

South Korea’s opposition leader avoids arrest, but his party isn’t celebrating

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