The National Assembly said, "The civil war and martial law violations were all included as constitutional violations."

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The first preparatory trial for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol was held at the Constitutional Court yesterday (27th) at 2 p.m.

To maintain court order, the Constitutional Court released a recorded video instead of a live broadcast.

The National Assembly says it is concerned that the impeachment trial will turn into a criminal trial and will focus on violating the constitution of the accused, President Yoon Suk Yeol.

[Jung Hyung / Constitutional Judge: According to the prosecution resolution, there are four reasons for the prosecution. All four are claims of violation of the Constitution or martial law law, and the first martial law declaration among the reasons for prosecution and the third obstruction of the National Assembly's activities by mobilizing the military and police constitutes a crime of rebellion under the criminal law, abuse of authority, obstruction of the exercise of rights, and obstruction of the execution of special public affairs. Can we summarize it like this?]

[Kim Jin-han / Legal representative of National Assembly Impeachment: We are afraid that the constitutional trial and the impeachment trial process will turn into a criminal trial. I'm a little concerned about that. So, we would like to proceed with the impeachment trial by claiming the elements of criminal restraint as constitutional violations, even though we have dealt with rebellion in the prosecution resolution in accordance with the nature of the constitutional trial.]

[Jung Hyung / Constitutional Judge: Then there are the crimes of civil war under the criminal law, obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse authority, obstruction of the execution of special public affairs, or violation of martial law. Do you mean to reorganize all of those parts as constitutional violations?]

[Kim Jin-han / Legal representative of National Assembly Impeachment: That's right. For example, even in the case of a violation of the martial law law, if it is a violation of the martial law, but it is a violation of the constitution, we will constitute a violation of the constitution.]

[Jung Hyung-sik / Constitutional Judge: Yes, then please clear up the violation of the Constitution first, but regarding the martial law, the crime of rebellion, and the crime of the criminal law, we will cover it as a violation of the Constitution and reorganize it...]