Former Representative of the Rebuilding Korea Party, Cho Kuk, claimed on the 2nd that the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn the Democratic Party of Korea's Lee Jae-myung's election law case, made the previous day, was "an intervention in the presidential election."
Hwang Hyun-seon, the secretary-general of the Rebuilding Korea Party, revealed a letter sent by the currently imprisoned former representative on Facebook that day.
Former Representative Cho stated, "Although the rulings from the Seoul High Court and the Supreme Court following the overturn cannot come before the presidential election, it is clear that this ruling was made with the intent to influence the election that is just a month away."
He noted, "This case would not even be charged in the U.S., which is revered by elite groups in Korea." Continuing, he said, "In many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, partial false statements that arise during political disputes are not subject to punishment but are merely subject to fact-checking," and added, "This ensures that politics does not subjugate the judiciary."
Former Representative Cho stated, "The top legal elites in Korea do not accept the principle of judicial restraint, which asserts that criminal law should not intervene in political debates or the realm of free expression," adding, "Once again, I lament this situation."
He continued, "I felt 'Lee Jae-myung hatred' from the Supreme Court's ruling," and added, "On June 3, a month from now, let us show the choice of the sovereign people."