As a casual non-Korean reader, this does appear to be a way for the current leadership to shut down corruption investigations against him, and to end democratic

As a casual non-Korean reader, this does appear to be a way for the current leadership to shut down corruption investigations against him, and to end democratic opposition to his policies. Democratic opposition can seem stifling. However the solution is to negotiate. The leader here is taking an authoritarian dictatorship path so a solution, unfortunately, it appears to my eyes.