Cho Kuk pledges to propose special prosecution bill against Han Dong-hoon at new National Assembly

Cho Gook the leader of the Cho Gook Innovation Party, talks to party officials before a press conference at the National Assembly\'s Communication Center on Wednesday. Moon Jae-won

Cho Kuk, the leader of the Korea Innovation Party, said on March 12 that he will propose a special prosecution bill against Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP), as his first act in a new National Assembly after the upcoming general election next month. Cho, who officially announced his candidacy for proportional representation in the general election on April 10 the day before, seems to take aim at the ruling party from his first move. The Korea Innovation Party, which has a double-digit approval rating for proportional parties in various opinion polls, will decide the final ranking of its proportional representation candidates on March 18. Attention is focused on the number Cho will receive.

Cho held a press conference at the National Assembly on the same day and said, “I will propose a special prosecution bill against Han Dong-hoon in the 22nd National Assembly to bring about an early end to the prosecution's dictatorship and realize judicial justice." As subjects of the investigation on Han, Cho cited ghostwriting of children's papers, plagiarism of essays, and inflating volunteer hours. It is the first time Cho has held a press conference at the National Assembly since he founded his own party on March 3.

The Korea Innovation Party recruited Kang Mi-jeong, the former announcer who first reported allegations of impropriety by Lee Jung-seop, prosecutor at the Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office. Lee is known as a member of a “pro-Yoon Suk-yeol group” and Kang is the wife of his brother-in-law. "We will stand up against the tyranny of unscrupulous political prosecutors,” Kang said.

The Korea Innovation Party will announce the list of its 20 proportional representatives on the 15th and determine the final ranking on the 18th. A total of 101 people applied to the recruitment of candidates, which ended on the 11th.

The ranking of the party’s proportional representatives will be determined by a vote of party members and public participatory electors. It is similar to the system used by the Open Democratic Party in the 21st general election in 2020.

At this point, Cho is likely to be assigned a front-row seat, which is certain to be elected. The public participatory electors consist of ordinary citizens, but since many of them are party supporters or acquaintances who are encouraged by party members to participate, there is a lot of room for Cho's enthusiastic supporters to sway the result of the vote.

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