"Impeachment of Acting Han Deok-soo"...Constitutional Judge's Hearing Enters

Minju, 'Yoon's dismissal' Emergency Action...Acting President Han pressed for impeachmentPark Chan-dae said, "If the special prosecution is not promulgated by tomorrow, we will be held accountable."
"The forces that obstruct the investigation and trial of civil war will encourage confusion in state affairs."

[Anchor]
Political circles are in conflict with the ruling party, suggesting the impeachment of Acting President Han Deok-soo, who is considering whether to promulgate the "Civil War Special Counsel Act."

The National Assembly is also holding confirmation hearings for candidates to fill the vacancy of the Constitutional Court, but the ruling party is not participating.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Na Hye-in.

The opposition party is pressuring acting Han Deok-soo every day, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party of Korea has launched an emergency action at the party level from today, calling for a swift presidential arrest investigation and impeachment trial.

Acting President Han Deok-soo called for promulgating the Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act and the First Lady Special Prosecutor Act, which passed the plenary session of the National Assembly by tomorrow, and requesting the recommendation of candidates for the permanent special prosecution.

Floor leader Park Chan-dae has repeatedly hinted at impeachment, saying he will not overlook the so-called "insurrection remnants"' time-dragging operations, and that he will immediately take steps to hold Han accountable if he does not promulgate the independent counsel law by tomorrow.

He refuted the public's claim that the impeachment by acting Han would disrupt the state administration, saying that obstructing the prompt investigation and trial to prevent the end of the civil war would make the state administration more confusing.

On the other hand, the power of the people is sticking to the position that they cannot accept the fact that investigative agencies are competitively investigating well, but why do they need an independent counsel?

Kwon Sung-dong, the acting leader and floor leader of the party, accused the Democratic Party of staging an "impeachment hostage" to stab at any time with a majority of seats if it does not do what it wants.

He argued that the impeachment of an acting president needs to go through procedures comparable to those of the president, not the prime minister, and that 200 votes in favor of the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol are needed.

He also stressed that even if the Democratic Party interprets the process as it wants, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik should take the center stage, and although Chairman Woo called the floor leaders of both parties to meet in the morning, no compromise was found on the issue.

The ruling and opposition parties have not yet fully agreed on the year-end plenary session's schedule or plans for a parliamentary investigation into martial law, but they have agreed to hold the first parliamentary council meeting involving representatives of the two major parties and the government on the 26th.

[Anchor]
The Constitutional Judge's hearing is also being held by the opposition alone, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the confirmation hearing for candidate Ma Eun-hyuk recommended by the Democratic Party is underway, but the ruling party, which has opposed the recruitment of constitutional judges, has not appeared at the hearing room.

Instead, first-term lawmakers of the People's Power held a seminar on the issues of the Constitutional Court's impeachment trial process, and argued that the appointment of a new judge by the acting president is an abuse of authority.

The National Assembly, which passed the president's impeachment bill, argued that it was wrong to recommend a trial in person, but if the opposition party pushes ahead with the appointment process, it plans to seek a power dispute trial from the Constitutional Court on its own to argue against its unconstitutionality.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party of Korea is in a position to convene a plenary session to vote on the appointment motion as soon as the hearing process for three candidates for the Constitutional Court, which runs until tomorrow, is over.

Chairman Lee Jae-myung said at the morning meeting that the ruling party did not go away from agreeing with the civil war that it ignored the process of appointing constitutional judges and adhered to the strategy of holding out.

[Anchor]
In the National Assembly, the Public Administration and Security Committee was convened to find out the truth about the martial law, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee, which is in charge of the police, convened a plenary meeting to ask pending questions.

Questions have been asked about whether the investigation is going well against officials at the National Investigation Headquarters investigating the emergency martial law situation.

Officials from the National Election Commission, the agency in charge of the National Security Commission, also attended the meeting.

At the time of martial law, institutional damage or fraudulent election conspiracy theories put forward by President Yoon Suk Yeol were on the cutting board.

People's Power also pointed out that the NEC's recent decision to allow the posting of banners expressing ruling party lawmakers as "civil war accomplices" and not allow banners criticizing Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung is biased.

In response, Kim Yong-bin, secretary-general of the National Election Commission, said, "I think it was a hasty decision as a whole," adding, "Considering the importance of the issue, we will discuss the criteria for interpretation of the authority through an internal meeting this afternoon."

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN in the National Assembly.