Politicians are paying keen attention to the timing and success of the re-execution of the warrant for the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.
The ruling and opposition parties convened a series of emergency meetings to find countermeasures today, the weekend.
I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Na Hye-in, please tell us about the situation in the National Assembly.
[Reporter]
First, the People's Power convened an emergency general meeting at 2 p.m. shortly afterwards.
It is a place to discuss countermeasures at the party level at a time when the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is likely to try to re-enforce President Yoon's arrest warrant by the day after tomorrow.
Today's meeting was found to be the first to be demanded by Rep. Kang Seung-gyu, a pro-Yoon-gye.
In a group chat room of lawmakers, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit executed the warrant too much yesterday, and the Presidential Security Service asked the floor leadership to gather the will of the lawmakers along with the claim that it was a legitimate defense.
Some in the ruling party seem to agree with President Yoon's claim that he has no right to investigate allegations against the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.
Rep. Na Kyung-won said on social media that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit should immediately stop the illegal forced investigation, and insisted that this is a real civil war.
The ruling party is also taking issue with the National Assembly's impeachment investigation team, consisting of only opposition figures, claiming that it has decided to remove the charges of rebellion from the hearing of President Yoon's impeachment trial.
They are using a trick to reduce the issue and reach a conclusion as soon as possible to avoid the "trial risk" of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party.
However, there are concerns within the ruling party that it could be seen as an extreme political force defending President Yoon.
In a phone call with YTN, a senior lawmaker said, "There are many people who want to break up with President Yoon, but some people who argue that it should never be done are in a situation where there are loud voices."
Another first-term lawmaker pointed out that the party seems to have lost its mind, and that politics that meets the public's eye level is to persuade President Yoon to quickly cooperate with the investigation.
[Anchor]
Please also tell us about the situation of the opposition party.
[Reporter]
The DP and six other opposition floor leaders held a joint news conference in the morning calling for the rapid re-enforcement of arrest warrants by the Airborne Division.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok demanded that the bodyguard be actively directed so that due process does not interfere.
He criticized President Yoon for treating him like a private soldier and insisted that Park Jong-joon, the head of the bodyguard, who interfered with the execution of the warrant, should be arrested immediately.
The Democratic Party, which also issued an emergency standby order to its lawmakers over the weekend, convened a joint emergency joint meeting of standing members at the National Assembly.
Members of the Steering Committee in charge of the security office, the Legal Judicial Committee in charge of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the Public Administration and Security Committee in charge of the police issued a message urging the early arrest of President Yoon.
He also refuted that the change in the reason for the impeachment of President Yoon, which is a problem for the people, was the same during the 2017 impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye.
At that time, the National Assembly's impeachment investigation team also argued in criminal trials about former President Park's bribery charges and said that the Constitutional Court would only reveal whether it was unconstitutional.
At that time, Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the People's Power, who was the chairman of the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee, said that it was an ignorant claim to "eliminate the crime of rebellion from the reason for impeachment."
The Democratic Party also convened an emergency general meeting of lawmakers from 2 p.m. shortly afterwards.
Some lawmakers are expected to attend a rally in downtown Seoul later to call for Yoon's arrest.
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