Mechanical balance. One for each of the ruling and opposition parties.Is the ruling party more hurt?

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Acting President Choi Sang-mok exercised his right to demand reconsideration in the Special Prosecutor Act, and the Constitutional Court appointed one person each recommended by the ruling and opposition parties.

However, if you look closely, there is an interpretation that the passport has received a more unfavorable result.

Reporter Kim Kyung-soo reports.

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Acting President Choi Sang-mok returned the Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act and the Kim Gun-hee Special Prosecutor Act to the National Assembly, saying that stricter standards are needed as the special prosecutor is an exceptional system.

In other words, the opposition-led independent counsel law ruled in favor of the people who requested the exercise of the right to request reconsideration, or veto, saying that there was an unconstitutional element in the independent counsel law.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: I am officially asking the government to exercise its right to request reconsideration.]

The issue of appointing constitutional judges was different.

Contrary to the public's claim that the acting president does not have the right to appoint before the president is fired, Choi decided to appoint a judge.

The reason was that political uncertainty that adversely affects the economy of people's livelihoods should be resolved as soon as possible.

[Choi Sang-mok / Acting President: Please remove political uncertainty with the appointment of a constitutional judge....]

However, among the three judges elected by the National Assembly, only one candidate recommended by the ruling and opposition parties was appointed first, which is interpreted as a choice conscious of "mechanical balance."

However, the advantages and disadvantages of the ruling and opposition parties following the acting Choi's decision are expected to be greatly divided.The Constitutional Court, which was a

'six-member system', has been able to speed up the impeachment trial of the president with the 'eight-member system', and if only one opposes it, the impeachment will be dismissed.

The expectations of some in the ruling party, which had hoped that the Constitutional Court would not conclude until representative Lee Jae-myung's judicial risk was realized, have also lost some steam.It is not the best result for the Democratic Party of Korea, which wanted to restore the

9-member system, but it is not irrelevant to this situation that it does not immediately impeach Choi as it was under Prime Minister Han Deok-soo.

[Yoon Jong-gun / Minjoo Party floor spokesman: It is clear that it is the reason for impeachment, and it can be impeached, but for now, he is only restraining himself.]

Although both the ruling and opposition parties are protesting, some say that acting president Choi Sang-mok's impeachment, which was falling into the quagmire by finding its own balance, has given some breathing room.

I'm Kim Kyungsoo of YTN.

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