The People Power Party launched a protest march against the "three judicial bills" (judicial distortion punishment act, constitutional complaint on court rulings act, and Supreme Court justice expansion act). Starting from the National Assembly and ending at the presidential office, party members pressured President Lee Jae-myung to exercise his veto power on the legislation.
The PPP leadership conducted the march on the 3rd to condemn the passage of the three judicial bills. Beginning at 2 p.m., they walked for approximately three and a half hours through Sinchon, Seodaemun, and Gwanghwamun before arriving at the presidential office.
President Lee is currently abroad for a summit meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. However, the leadership aims to inform the public about the negative consequences of the judicial bills and urge the president to exercise his veto authority through the protest march.
PPP Chairman Jang Dong-hyuk said, "The Lee Jae-myung administration calls itself a government of popular sovereignty, but the people are not in their thoughts at all." He added, "The three judicial destruction bills will leave no future for the Republic of Korea and will ultimately create a dictatorial republic for the regime."
Jang continued, "We have experienced multiple times in our history that dictatorship brings national destruction." He added, "Neither Hitler nor Nicolás Maduro seized power with guns and swords. They deceived the people with demagoguery and sophistry, seized power, and continued their dictatorship through votes using populist division."
Chairman Jang urged President Lee to "abandon dreams of long-term dictatorship and exercise veto power on the three judicial destruction bills to protect constitutional order."
Some hardline supporters at the protest march carried signs reading "Strengthen Korea-US Alliance," "Only Yoon," and "Yoon Again," while chanting "President Yoon Seok-yeol" and "Yoon Again." During the march, some of these supporters directed critical remarks at Supreme Council members Woo Jae-joon and Shin Dong-wook, shouting "Go home" and "What are you looking at?" The criticism appeared to target Woo for recently accompanying former PPP leader Han Dong-hoon on a visit to Daegu, and Shin for remarks suggesting the need to "cut ties with Yoon."
The PPP conducted a silent march without holding pickets throughout the protest, as they had not filed an assembly notification.