National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik led the entire process of declaring the National Assembly "invalid" in 155 minutes due to President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law.
At the time of martial law's declaration, Chairman Wu reportedly departed from his Hannam-dong mission to the National Assembly after being briefed by National Assembly Secretary-General Kim Min-ki by wire after a dinner meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadir Zafarov.
Chairman Woo arrived at the National Assembly at around 10:56 p.m., but was blocked by a police car wall and was unable to enter the precinct, and eventually came into the National Assembly over a wall of about 1m.
Born in 1957, Woo is 67 years old this year.
Surprised by Chairman Woo's 'walldam', the bodyguard leader took a picture of the time.
Afterwards, Chairman Woo entered the main office and announced a message to the public at around midnight, saying, "We will respond to the declaration of emergency martial law in accordance with constitutional procedures," and, "People believe in the National Assembly and watch the situation calmly."
Then, at 0:30 p.m., I went to the chairman's seat of the plenary session and prepared for the plenary session to vote on the request for the lifting of the emergency martial law.
Lawmakers gathered in the plenary session urged them to hurry, saying, "Please take care of the agenda (request to lift the martial law) right away," and "The martial law army has entered the National Assembly," but Chairman Woo said, "We should make a resolution without procedural errors." The agenda hasn't come up yet," he said, asking for restraint.
Chairman Woo minded the plenary session at 0:47 when the agenda came up.
The resolution calling for the lifting of martial law was approved by all 190 people at around 1 a.m., and the lifting of martial law was later decided at 4:30 a.m. at the Cabinet meeting.
Chairman Woo plans to stay in the office of the National Assembly's headquarters for the time being to deal with the situation and respond to the possibility of further situations.
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Caption editing: Jeong Eui-jin
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At the time of martial law's declaration, Chairman Wu reportedly departed from his Hannam-dong mission to the National Assembly after being briefed by National Assembly Secretary-General Kim Min-ki by wire after a dinner meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadir Zafarov.
Chairman Woo arrived at the National Assembly at around 10:56 p.m., but was blocked by a police car wall and was unable to enter the precinct, and eventually came into the National Assembly over a wall of about 1m.
Born in 1957, Woo is 67 years old this year.
Surprised by Chairman Woo's 'walldam', the bodyguard leader took a picture of the time.
Afterwards, Chairman Woo entered the main office and announced a message to the public at around midnight, saying, "We will respond to the declaration of emergency martial law in accordance with constitutional procedures," and, "People believe in the National Assembly and watch the situation calmly."
Then, at 0:30 p.m., I went to the chairman's seat of the plenary session and prepared for the plenary session to vote on the request for the lifting of the emergency martial law.
Lawmakers gathered in the plenary session urged them to hurry, saying, "Please take care of the agenda (request to lift the martial law) right away," and "The martial law army has entered the National Assembly," but Chairman Woo said, "We should make a resolution without procedural errors." The agenda hasn't come up yet," he said, asking for restraint.
Chairman Woo minded the plenary session at 0:47 when the agenda came up.
The resolution calling for the lifting of martial law was approved by all 190 people at around 1 a.m., and the lifting of martial law was later decided at 4:30 a.m. at the Cabinet meeting.
Chairman Woo plans to stay in the office of the National Assembly's headquarters for the time being to deal with the situation and respond to the possibility of further situations.
AI Anchor: Y-GO
Caption editing: Jeong Eui-jin
[Copyright holder (c) YTN Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution and use of AI data prohibited]
