Overview
- Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae said the party will push bills to criminally punish officials who distort law or facts, allow Constitutional Court review of Supreme Court rulings, and expand the number of Supreme Court justices.
- The People Power Party warned the package would erode judicial independence and disrupt the balance of powers.
- Jung announced plans for a new special counsel covering three unresolved cases involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, and a Marine’s death, with a bill slated as the first proposal next year.
- The party will also propose a separate special investigation into alleged Unification Church political donations, even as parties remain at odds over how to appoint an independent prosecutor and what the probe should include.
- Separately, the Assembly passed a bill enabling punitive damages for online false reports, drawing veto calls from a major civic group concerned about government overreach.