Opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, “doubt whether the candidate for the head of the Corruption Investigation Office will lead a fair investigation”

There was a series of criticisms from opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, regarding President Yoon Seok-yeol’s final nomination of lawyer Oh Dong-woon as the candidate for the head of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office.

In a commentary, Lim Oh-kyung, floor spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, “A new candidate has been proposed for the first time in three months for the position of head of the Corruption Investigation Agency, which had been vacant.” ″President Yoon Seok-yeol selected a nominee from among the candidates recommended by the ruling party without considering the opinions of the opposition party at all. “I did it,” he pointed out.

Representative Lim criticized Oh, saying that he was in charge of defending the Park Geun-hye administration’s trial in the “suspected intelligence police election intervention case” and that “it is questionable whether he is the person who can protect the Corruption Investigation Office from external influences and lead a fair investigation.”

At the same time, he said, “More than ever, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office needs fairness, neutrality, and a sense of calling that does not allow him to be swayed by external pressure from power,” and announced, “We will thoroughly verify whether there are any questions about his qualifications as the head of the Corruption Investigation Office.”

Kim Bo-hyeop, spokesperson for the Korea Reform Party, also said in a commentary, “We will verify whether he is the right person to oversee the investigation into living power in accordance with the purpose of establishing the organization called the Corruption Investigation Office.”

New Reform Party spokesperson Jeong In-seon said that President Yoon’s nomination was intended to avoid the “Special Prosecutor Chae Sang-byeong Act,” adding, “It is a trick to divert attention by holding a National Assembly confirmation hearing, have the head of the Corruption Investigation Office crack down on internal members, and hold out until the communication records are deleted.” I pushed it.

He then pointed out that the appointment was made as soon as the People Power Party announced that it would decide whether to appoint a special prosecutor after the investigation of the Corruption Investigation Office, and that the sudden nomination of the head of the Corruption Investigation Office would not be a coincidence.