Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate, noted on the 29th regarding the Supreme Court’s designation of the ruling date for the public election law violation appeal to be set for the 1st of next month, saying, "It will be done according to the law." He made this remark after completing a court hearing on the Daejang-dong, Wirye, Baekhyeon-dong, and Seongnam FC case at the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 33 (Chief Judge Lee Jin-kwan).
The Democratic Party also issued a statement through spokesperson Jo Seung-rae on the same day, saying, "We hope the court will deliver a wise ruling that aligns with common sense and order." Within the party, there are observations of a 'dismissal of the appeal' based on the fact that the ruling date has been set before the candidate registration dates for the presidential election on the 10th and 11th of next month.
Rep. Lee Yong-woo, the party's legal committee chairman, stated, "The appeal hearing is not a place for factual determination as a legal review, and the ruling date for the appeal was set too swiftly to make a different judgment from the appellate court." He added, "Considering these points, I expect a dismissal of the appeal ruling, which corresponds to legal principles and common sense." Rep. Lee Sung-yoon, former head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, also wrote on Facebook, "I expect the appeal dismissal ruling regarding Lee Jae-myung's election law case."
The Seoul High Court ruled not guilty in the appellate trial for the election law violation case of the candidate on March 26. The court found that the candidate's remarks, that he did not know the late Kim Moon-ki, who was a key officer during his time as Seongnam mayor, had never played golf with Kim during a business trip abroad, and had changed the land use of the Baekhyeon-dong site under pressure from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, did not constitute false information disclosure.
Previously, the first-instance court determined the remarks of 'never having played golf together' and 'changing the land use of Baekhyeon-dong under pressure from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport' as false information disclosure, sentencing the candidate to one year in prison with a two-year suspended sentence.