When Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, was acquitted in the second trial on the 26th, the people's power expressed strong regret.

Kwon Young-se, chairman of the People's Power Emergency Response Committee, told reporters shortly after the court's sentence, "Today's trial result is very regrettable for the people's power," adding, "We look forward to the Supreme Court's prompt trial in accordance with the June 3 and 3 principles to correct justice." Regarding the second trial's ruling, Kwon, chairman of the emergency committee, said, "From what I've seen on the news, I can't understand the logic of the appeals court well," adding, "I think this can be corrected by the Supreme Court." I think it should be corrected," he stressed.

Kwon Sung-dong, floor leader of the People's Power Party, also urged, "I think the prosecution will appeal," adding, "I hope the Supreme Court will decide whether this part is false or not as soon as possible to end the legal controversy." "In particular, in the case of Baekhyun-dong apartment site, CEO Lee said that he was forced to change the use due to pressure and intimidation from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which is a clear false fact," he criticized. "I don't think any judge with a really reasonable mind can make such a judgment on how such a clear falsehood was acquitted."

Senior members of the people's power also expressed concern over the results. Rep. Kim Ki-hyun, a fifth-term lawmaker, wrote on his Facebook page, "It is '罪 with no 罪 without 權 (not guilty of privilege)," adding, "In front of Lee Jae-myung, the master of tricks, the rule of law in this country has collapsed again and justice has died." He added, "Now, I think it will be a world where everyone is innocent if they have power even if they lie openly."

Meanwhile, Lee Ki-in, a member of the New Reform Party who first released the related photo, protested when the Seoul High Court determined that the photo taken with CEO Lee and the late Kim Moon-ki, the first director of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, was "partly fabricated." "I became a photo manipulator all of a sudden," the supreme council member wrote on Facebook. "If I zoom in on the screen to show it to the person next to me, will I become a photo manipulator?"

[Reporter Kim Myunghwan / Reporter Ahn Jung Kyung / Reporter Jin Young]