Oct. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Tens of thousands of conservative and progressive supporters staged huge demonstrations in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Saturday over the scandal surrounding opposition leader Lee Jae Myung for his alleged involvement in an urban corruption scandal.
Lee Jae Myung, leader of the Democratic Party (DP), the main opposition party in South Korea, has called this Friday for the formation of an independent commission to investigate a real estate corruption scandal involving people he trusts.
However, the ruling party of South Korea, the People’s Power Party (PPP), led by current President Yoon Suk Yeol, has rejected this possibility, according to the state-run Yonhap news agency.
Yoo Dong Gyu, former interim president of the Seongnam Development Corporation, involved in the urban project and accused of corruption, told investigators that he gave Kim this amount from private real estate developers.
The South Korean Justice is investigating whether this money was used to finance Lee’s presidential campaign in the elections of the opposition formation in November, in which he competed against his rival, Yoon Seok Youl, the other candidate for the Presidency of South Korea. South for the Democratic Party.
Lee, who was mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul, and governor of South Korea’s most populous province, has denied committing any crime, while several people close to him have faced a police investigation for this. corruption case.
In addition, hundreds of activists from the far-right Freedom Unification Party have taken the opportunity to march through the historic Gwanghwamun gate, also in the capital, to charge “North Korean sympathizers.”
Police estimate that some 36,000 people in total have walked through the center of the capital, including supporters of both parties.
The demonstrations have caused severe traffic disruptions around major roads stretching from Gwanghwamun to City Hall in central Seoul.
