The ruling and opposition parties, "Yoon's arrest warrant"... "There should be no accidents" and "immediately executed."

2025.01.01. AM 11:58
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[Anchor]
After the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol was issued, both the ruling and opposition parties are paying attention to whether the warrant will be executed.

The power of the people is the president's responsibility to investigate and trial, but the Democratic Party has repeatedly urged the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to execute the warrant immediately.

Let's connect to the National Assembly and listen to the details.

Reporter Son Hyo-jung, please tell us more about today's movements of the ruling and opposition parties in President Yoon's forced investigation policy!

[Reporter]
Yes, as the execution of an arrest warrant against President Yoon Suk Yeol becomes visible, tensions in the ruling camp are rising.

Kwon Sung-dong, chairman of the emergency committee, and the new emergency committee member held a private meeting at the headquarters after visiting the Memorial on New Year's Day.

In addition to various pending issues, if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit attempts to execute an arrest warrant, it seems to continue to struggle with the party's response and its level.

Earlier, the ruling party leadership said it was very regrettable to issue an arrest warrant, but drew a line that the investigation and trial were up to the president.

Kwon Young-se, chairman of the emergency committee, met with reporters after a closed-door meeting and said he would properly talk to the police and other related agencies to prevent any casualties or mishaps during the execution of the arrest warrant.

The People's Power leadership issued a message saying that "state stability is the top priority" in the new year, which is interpreted as an expression of its willingness to work on state administration as the ruling party despite the impeachment and the investigation process against the president.

The Democratic Party is also closely watching the investigation into President Yoon.As President

Yoon repeatedly avoided the summons, the issuance of an arrest warrant was inevitable, and urged the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to execute it quickly.

In his New Year's address, the Democratic Party's leadership emphasized that it would play a role as an alternative force instead of the government and the ruling party in the face of impeachment.

Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the party, said on social media, "We will do our best to advance the spring of the Republic of Korea," and wrote in the guestbook after visiting the Memorial Park, "We will overcome civil war, normalize the people's livelihood, and raise hope with the people."

[Anchor]
The appointment of constitutional judges and the bilateral special prosecution law remain the detonator of the conflict between the ruling and opposition parties, so please tell us about this.

[Reporter]
Acting President Choi Sang-mok said at a Cabinet meeting yesterday that he would appoint two of the three candidates for the Constitutional Court recommended by the National Assembly.

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik, who criticized the National Assembly as an unconstitutional decision that violated the Constitutional Court's right to deliberate on and elect constitutional judges, is considering requesting a power dispute trial.

Chairman Woo is expected to announce his specific position at a press conference as early as this week.

The Democratic Party is also protesting that Choi's decision is an anti-constitutional issue that ignores legislative power.

However, the people's power maintains that the acting president should exercise his authority to maintain the status quo, and that it is impossible to appoint a constitutional judge.

Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the party, told reporters today that he has no plans to consult with the opposition on the pending candidate for constitutional justice.

The "insurrection independent counsel" and "Kim Gun-hee's independent counsel law", which were vetoed yesterday, are also expected to return to the National Assembly and vote again soon.

He said that the power of the people should be rejected in the re-vote, but he indicated that he could negotiate with the opposition about the contents of the special prosecution law, which he considers a toxic clause.

However, some analysts say that the purpose of the special prosecutor's re-vote is to crack down on intra-party departure votes and maintain a single rejection,
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Democratic Party also has doubts about the ruling party's willingness to negotiate.

A party official said in a call with YTN that if the ruling party is really willing to negotiate, it can propose an amendment to the Special Counsel Act.

In the end, negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties on the two independent counsel laws are expected to be outlined only after the re-vote of the National Assembly plenary session.

So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.


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