Jeong Jeom-sig (2L), floor leader of the main opposition People Power Party, speaks to reporters at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Kore, 31 July 2026, shortly after the parliament passed a bill, introduced by the ruling Democratic Party, during a plenary session to revise the Criminal Procedure Act to strip the prosecution of its direct investigative powers. Lawmakers of the opposition party left the session in protest, abstaining from a vote on the bill. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
July 31 (Asia Today) -- People Power Party floor leader Chung Jeom-sik on Friday accused South Korea's governing party of seeking to abolish prosecutors' supplementary investigative authority to help President Lee Jae-myung avoid his criminal trials.
Chung called the proposed revision to the Criminal Procedure Act "an unprecedentedly harmful law" that would remain a disgrace in the country's constitutional history.
He also demanded the withdrawal of a separate bill that would shorten the review period for legislation designated for fast-track consideration, calling it a measure that would turn the National Assembly into a rubber stamp.
"In a few hours, the filibuster will be forcibly ended through collusion by the broader governing bloc and this unprecedentedly harmful law will pass," Chung said at a People Power Party floor strategy meeting.
