Jang Dong-hyuk, chairman of the People Power Party (PPP), called on President Lee Jae-myung to exercise his veto power over three judicial reform bills passed by the National Assembly, denouncing them as "destruction of the judiciary" and "an attempt at dictatorship."
At a supreme council meeting at the National Assembly on the 2nd, Jang stated, "We witnessed the end of Iran's dictator," adding, "Yet the Lee Jae-myung administration is still heading down the path of dictatorship."
He sharply criticized the three judicial reform bills that passed the National Assembly, including legislation on judicial misconduct and the expansion of Supreme Court justices. "The Lee Jae-myung administration has made all citizens sacrificial victims of judicial destruction just to keep themselves out of prison," he said. "Justice for the powerful and punishment for the powerless will become reality, and ordinary citizens without power will suffer in an endless hell of litigation."
He added, "If President Lee Jae-myung has even a shred of conscience, he must veto all three of these harmful laws."
Jang also took issue with President Lee's conciliatory expressions toward North Korea in his March 1st Independence Movement Day commemorative speech, calling it "an act of security self-harm."
"President Lee declared he would respect the North Korean regime and convert the armistice system into a peace regime," Jang said. "This is an act of security self-harm that loses trust with the United States, makes us appear weak to North Korea, and isolates the Republic of Korea."
He continued, "This is diplomatic bankruptcy pushing our nation and people to the brink. While America's attention shifts from the Middle East to Northeast Asia, President Lee is busy dividing the public over real estate and has leisurely departed on a foreign trip during this critical time."
Jang further stated, "The Lee Jae-myung government is shaking the ROK-U.S. alliance and undermining security by pursuing reduced joint military exercises and restoring no-fly zones." He urged, "Before it's too late, the administration must withdraw its subservient North Korea policy and redirect national governance toward protecting the lives and safety of the people."