Jeong Cheongrae: "We Must Pursue a Special Court for Insurrection and a Second Special Counsel"
Song Eonseok: "Unacceptable Legislation That Would Destroy the Republic of Korea"
With the end of the four-day, three-night filibuster, the Democratic Party of Korea is pushing to submit key contentious bills to the plenary session, including the bill to establish a special court for insurrection cases and the bill to eradicate false and manipulated information (an amendment to the Information and Communications Network Act).
Democratic Party leader Jeong Cheongrae stated at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, "As promised to the public, we must pursue the establishment of a special court for insurrection cases and a second comprehensive special counsel investigation into unresolved insurrection suspicions that the three major special counsels (insurrection, Kim Keonhee, and the Chae Sangbyeong case) could not complete. The party and the government will unite as one team to thoroughly uncover any remaining suspicions."
The special court for insurrection bill passed the full session of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly on December 3. The bill includes provisions for establishing a dedicated insurrection court at both the first trial and appeals stages, as well as appointing judges dedicated to warrants for the three major special counsel cases.
Jeong particularly emphasized, "There is growing public outrage that the judiciary under Chief Justice Cho Heedae has become an obstacle to uncovering the truth behind the Yoon Sukyeol insurrection, the Kim Keonhee corruption allegations, and the lobbying allegations in the Chae Sangbyeong case. Only about ten court panels, excluding those with imminent personnel changes, were included in the random assignment pool. As a result, it was reported that the panel led by Judge Ji Guyoun, which had mainly handled economic, health, and food cases, is now consecutively assigned to insurrection cases. This is a shocking development," he said, stressing the need to establish a dedicated court for insurrection cases.
The Democratic Party is also pushing for the passage of the amendment to the Information and Communications Network Act. The core of the bill is to impose liability for up to five times the proven or recognized damages in cases where illegal or false/manipulated information is intentionally disseminated, resulting in harm.
Lee Heunseung, a member of the People Power Party, is starting a filibuster as the Banking Act amendment bill is submitted at the December extraordinary plenary session held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on December 12, 2025. Photo by Kim Hyunmin
The ruling and opposition parties are expected to clash even more fiercely at the plenary session of the National Assembly, which could be held as early as December 21. The Democratic Party is planning to push for the session to be convened immediately after National Assembly Speaker Woo Wonshik returns from his Central Asia tour scheduled for December 15 to 20.
Song Eonseok, floor leader of the People Power Party, said at the Supreme Council meeting, "I have repeatedly emphasized that the five judicial destruction bills-establishing a special court for insurrection, introducing the crime of distorting the law, increasing the number of Supreme Court justices, adopting a four-tier court system, and expanding the powers of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials-along with the three dictatorship bills that silence the public (regulating banners, restricting filibusters, and introducing punitive damages for YouTubers), in other words, these eight dictatorship bills, must never be introduced as they would destroy the Republic of Korea. We cannot accept them," he protested.
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