"Impeachment is invalid? Re-decision?"...The battle for "withdrawal of the crime of rebellion" came to light.

[Anchor]
Political controversy is heating up over the decision not to consider whether the president of Yoon Suk Yeol violated the criminal law for rebellion in the impeachment trial.

The opposition from the ruling party is especially strong, such as the nullification of the impeachment bill and the need to go through a resolution of the National Assembly again to change the reason for impeachment.
Reporter Hong Min-ki
examined each controversy.

[Reporter]
Withdrawal of 'crime of rebellion' in impeachment motion, why?

The representatives of the National Assembly are in a position to judge whether there is a crime of rebellion in the criminal trial, and to judge whether there is a constitutional reason for dismissal in the impeachment trial of the Constitutional Court.

'crime of rebellion' has only become an act of rebellion, and judgments on emergency martial law-related acts remain unchanged.

[Iron Joo / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: It's just that we're going to be judged on whether we violate the constitution, not whether we're guilty of civil war....]

On the other hand, the People's Power is protesting, saying that the reason for impeachment passed by the National Assembly itself will change.

Some argue that the Constitutional Court should immediately dismiss the impeachment bill, regardless of whether or not it will be dismissed.

[Imja / People's Power Emergency Response Committee member: Even the ruling party floor leader accused him of inciting a rebellion. Why did you leave me out?]

The National Assembly's resolution is also invalid?

So the ruling party criticizes 'jjinppang without jjinppang' and 'jajangmyeon without jajangmyeon' at all.

If there were no crimes of rebellion, which is the core of the impeachment bill, there would have been no ruling party member in favor of President Yoon's impeachment, so the resolution of the impeachment bill would be invalid.

However, the Constitutional Court's impeachment trial can be concluded only by determining whether there is a violation of the Constitution, regardless of whether or not the crime of rebellion is established.

The general opinion of the legal community is that the evaluation of the crime of rebellion is the responsibility of the Constitutional Court to make during the impeachment trial.

[Lee Mi-sun / Constitutional Judge (last 3 days): First of all, it's a legal evaluation. The act of declaring martial law.... The legal evaluation will be done by our court.]

Some point out that the ruling party, which is paying keen attention to the pace of the impeachment trial, is making even simple procedures a "political issue."

Do you need a National Assembly resolution?

The Democratic Party of Korea refutes that it only summarizes the reasons for impeachment based on the violation of the Constitution, not the criminal law, and that there is no need for a re-decision as the reasons for impeachment have not changed.

On the other hand, the ruling party argues that the National Assembly needs a re-decision process to withdraw the rebellion from the impeachment motion.

Pro-impeachment lawmakers in the ruling party, including Kim Sang-wook and Ahn Cheol-soo, also criticized the Democratic Party, saying that the Constitutional Court should also judge whether there is a crime of rebellion.

However, Rep. Kim Sang-wook said that there was a precedent in the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye that bribery was excluded under the criminal law, and he predicted that it would be difficult to re-decide again this time.

I'm YTN's Hong Min Gi.

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