When the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit entrusted the police to execute the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, the ruling and opposition parties are protesting the decision for different reasons.
The People's Power urged President Yoon to conduct a "arbitrary investigation" without "compulsion," and the Democratic Party of Korea demanded that the police immediately arrest him.
I'll connect you to the National Assembly and find out more. Reporter Lee Junyeop!
First, please tell the ruling party's reaction.
[Reporter]
Kwon Young-se, chairman of the People's Power Emergency Response Committee, stressed that President Yoon should be subjected to a "arbitrary investigation" in accordance with the principle of the criminal procedure law, which is the presumption of innocence.
It should be considered that the duty was only suspended, and that Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Cho Kuk, a former member of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, were previously investigated without detention.
Legislative and judicial members of the ruling party also issued a statement, criticizing the execution of arrest warrants as acknowledging the illegality of the investigation.
The ruling party is continuing to argue that the arrest warrant is unconstitutional and illegal because it does not have the authority to investigate rebellion at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit repeated the logic of the appeal of the arrest warrant rejected by the court yesterday, saying that it had done "warrant shopping."
[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit did not have the right to investigate the rebellion and said it would execute a warrant for the president's arrest, causing severe confusion around the Hannam-dong residence.]
In addition, about 30 ruling party lawmakers visited the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul, and acted directly to block arrest, saying they would refuse to comply with illegal warrants and comply with legitimate warrants.
[Anchor]
What is the opposition's position?
[Reporter]
The Democratic Party also strongly criticized the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, saying it would not overlook its behavior, but the reason was the opposite.
Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the party, stood up for his incompetence and indecision in front of numerous people who stayed up all night calling for the arrest of President Yoon.
The Democratic Party is also discussing the possibility of impeachment of Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who has the authority to command the security service.
Acting President Choi said that the head of the security and the head of the headquarters should be removed immediately, and that he would take reasonable measures if nothing was done.
[Lee Jae-myung/Democratic Party leader: The acting president also seems to be doing the same thing, not doing the same thing to maintain order, but destroying order]
The Democratic Party of Korea has also taken legal action, considering that acting president Choi should file charges for dereliction of duty and abuse of authority, and that ruling party lawmakers who visited his residence should file charges for obstructing the execution of special public affairs.
Some members of the party reportedly claim the impeachment of Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and whether it would be better to transfer the investigation to the prosecution and police will decide the party's position at a high-level strategic meeting in a little while.
[Anchor]
The ruling party continues to engage in an offensive over the controversy over the change of the impeachment bill, right?
[Reporter]
Senior members of the People's Power visited National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik at 3:30 p.m. a while ago and demanded that the National Assembly go through a re-decision to change the impeachment motion.
The National Assembly's impeachment investigation team criticized the withdrawal of the rebellion, saying that it was trying to advance the impeachment trial to avoid the "judicial risk" of representative Lee Jae-myung.
A key party official said in a call with YTN that there was no reason for impeachment except for the crime of rebellion, and argued that the impeachment bill would not be passed if it was re-voted.
Representatives Ahn Cheol-soo and Kim Jae-seop, who voted in favor of the impeachment, also pointed out that withdrawal of rebellion is unacceptable or deceiving the people.
[Ahn Cheol Soo / People's Power: It's a secret move to advance the presidential impeachment trial even a day earlier than Lee Jae-myung's trial]
On the other hand, the Democratic Party of Korea refuted the claim by saying that the impeachment bill was adjusted to suit the purpose of the constitutional trial, not criminal trial.
The opposition impeachment commissioner explained to YTN that the "crime" against him was only changed to "action," and that the judgment on the act would be made in the Constitutional Court.
He added that floor leader Kwon Sung-dong also did it during the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye in the past, and that he thought it was a natural judgment.
[Jeon Hyun-hee / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: (Representational Kwon Seong-dong) demonstrated the "dementia phenomenon" in which he denies what he said. Treatment is urgent.]
A key Democratic Party official also predicted that the Constitutional Court will settle the controversy, saying that the act of rebellion is more difficult to deny unconstitutionality than abuse of authority during the impeachment trial of former President Park.
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