Constitutional Court said, "I never recommended withdrawal of rebellion...Judgment by the Tribunal"

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The Constitutional Court said it has not recommended the National Assembly withdrawal from the "controversy over the exclusion of the crime of rebellion" in the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

He also explained that it is a matter for the court to determine whether the crime of rebellion can be removed from the grounds for impeachment.

Reporter Kwon Junsu reports.

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The Constitutional Court has denied allegations by the National Assembly's representatives that the court encouraged the court to exclude the crime of rebellion in the preparation of arguments in the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The reason for the impeachment is that there was no request to withdraw the crime of rebellion.

He also stressed that there is no prestigious regulation on whether or not it can be withdrawn, and that it is a matter to be judged by the court.

He drew a line when some raised suspicions that the Constitutional Court might have shown a prediction.The Constitutional Court also refuted President Yoon's complaint by saying,

, that the date of pleading has been set consecutively is a collective notification.

He stressed that when the court holds arguments in accordance with Article 30 (3) of the Constitutional Court Act and the rules of the judgment, not the criminal procedure law, it is possible to summon the parties by setting a deadline.

[Cheon Jae-hyun / Constitutional Court Press Officer: The eight judges reaffirmed the policy that the pleading date will be held every Tuesday and Thursday, and the council will be held once a week.]

Therefore, we will proceed with the hearing date five times as set,
You explained that you are going to specify additional dates according to the progress of
.

In addition, the case of a power dispute over the failure of Acting President Choi Sang-mok to appoint one constitutional judge will be held at 10 a.m. on the 22nd,
He reiterated that the impeachment trial of
will be dealt with quickly and fairly.

I'm YTN Kwon Junsu.

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