National Assembly Passes Special Counsel Bill on Alleged Fabricated Indictments
Lawmakers approved a 167-1 vote for an independent probe into claims prosecutors under the previous administration fabricated evidence in 12 cases.
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National Assembly passes special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments
The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill Friday calling for a special counsel probe into allegations of fabricated indictments targeting President Lee Jae Myung and others amid protests from the main opposition party. The special counsel bill passed a plenary session in a 167-1 vote, after a filibuster by the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) ended. Lawmakers of the PPP boycotted the vote. The bill, fi…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Hwang Jae-ha and Lee Seung-yeon = The so-called special prosecutor bill regarding fabricated indictments has passed the National Assembly, but the manpower shortage at investigative agencies that will be requested to dispatch personnel, and trials already...
The ‘Special Prosecutor Act on Fabricated Indictments (Bill on the Appointment, etc. of a Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Allegations of Fabricated Investigations and Indictments by the Prosecutor's Office, National Intelligence Service, and Board of Audit and Inspection under the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration)’ passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 6th. The ruling coalition forcibly ended the filibuster (unlimited debat…
The "Special Prosecutor Bill on Fabricated Indictments," which investigates allegations of fabricated indictments by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's prosecution, including the case of President Lee Jae-myung, passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 6th under the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea. The People Power Party boycotted the vote, protesting that it was a "bill to erase Lee Jae-myung's guilt." On this day, the Na…
The so-called "Special Prosecutor Act on Fabricated Indictments" has passed the National Assembly plenary session. Although the People Power Party staged a filibuster (unlimited debate) for over a day in protest of the bill's passage, the debate ended under the leadership of the ruling coalition, including the Democratic Party of Korea, and the bill was subsequently passed. At a plenary session on the afternoon of the 6th, the National Assembly…
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