Jeong Jeomsik Responds to Cho Kuk’s “Indictment Cancellation Disaster” Remark: “President Lee’s Lame-Duck Status in Full Swing”

Jeong Jeongsik, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, stated on September 2 that the remarks made by Cho Kuk, Director of the Innovation Policy Research Institute, in which he commented, “If prosecution is withdrawn without proving fabrication in President Lee Jaemyung’s violation of the Public Official Election Act case, it will end in disaster,” signaled that President Lee is now truly entering a lame-duck phase.

Jeong Jeongsik, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, and other floor leadership members are attending the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on September 1, 2026. Photo by Dongju Yoon

On his Facebook page that day, Jeong said, “It is due to the lame-duck situation that Director Cho Kuk, who just four months ago claimed a withdrawal of prosecution was only right, has reversed his stance. Simply appointing a chief presidential secretary from the Cho Kuk Innovation Party will not be enough to block the massive tidal wave of this lame-duck period.”

Jeong continued, “According to the Constitution, President Lee’s trial should resume immediately ‘during his term.’ Now, the judiciary must step up and ensure that all five of President Lee’s trials are restarted. While the current target is Chief Justice Cho Hui-dae, next it will be every judge in Korea, and after that, every citizen of the Republic of Korea.”

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