Park Sung-jun, the chief spokesperson for the Democratic Party, stated that the appellate court acquitted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon of violating political funding laws, calling the ruling "beyond common sense" and expressing strong regret towards the judiciary.
He noted, "The first trial was clear. Oh Se-hoon commissioned the political broker Myung Tae-kyun for a public opinion survey, received the results before they were published, and had the costs paid by donor Kim Han-jung."
However, he criticized the appellate court for overturning these findings, saying, "The court dismissed the allegations of payment on behalf of others, claiming it found Myung's testimony hard to believe." Park added, "If the courts are lenient towards the powerful but strict with citizens, then equality before the law has already collapsed."
The Democratic Party also pointed out that the appellate court recently acquitted former President Yoon Suk-yeol in the Myung Tae-kyun public opinion survey case.
Park remarked, "Those in power who benefited from the Myung Tae-kyun survey have been acquitted one after another before this court. Is this a court or a 'not guilty vending machine'?" He emphasized that today's ruling would serve as a catalyst for judicial reform, stating, "If the judiciary cannot correct itself, the people will enforce judicial reform."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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