December 27th, the first preparation date for the impeachment trial...The referee is Jeong Hyeong-sik.

Arrangement of Issues, Evidence...No party attendance obligation
Undisclosure of the 'main mind' leading the case..."Following the Principles"
Judge Jeong Hyung-sik confirmed the dividend of "President Yoon's nomination" to the referee.

[Anchor]
The Constitutional Court has designated the 27th as the first preparation date for the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The referee leading the case was identified as Judge Jeong Hyeong-sik.

This is reporter Kim Dahyun.

[Reporter]
The Constitutional Court has decided to hold the first hearing of the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 27th, next Friday.

It's time to organize the issues and evidence, but it's unclear whether President Yoon will attend or not because there's no obligation to attend.

[Lee Jin / Public Information Officer of the Constitutional Court: The first hearing preparation date will be designated as 2 p.m. on Friday, December 27.]

Initially, the Constitutional Court said it would not disclose the chief judge leading the case in principle, but
As a result of
coverage, Judge Jeong Hyeong-sik was found to be the referee.

Justice Chung is the only one of the six constitutional judges currently in office appointed by President Yoon himself.

In a related development, Moon Hyung-bae, acting chief justice of the Constitutional Court, conducted a random electronic dividend, excluding judges who are in charge of four impeachment cases.and

He stressed that as all judges participate in the impeachment hearing equally, who the chief judge is does not affect the speed or direction of the trial.

The Constitutional Court, which compiled the schedule at its first meeting of judges, will now speed up the judgment.

He set up a dedicated team of about 10 constitutional researchers and asked President Yoon to submit an answer.

The fact that three out of nine constitutional judges are vacant was considered a variable in the trial process,

Heonjae said that both hearing and pleading are possible as it is now.

I'm YTN's Kim Dahyun.

Reporter: Kim Jong-wan
Video editing: Lee Ja-eun
Design: Baek Seung-min