- The Democratic Party of Korea decided to add 'foreign exchange' to the third-party insurrection special prosecution law
- It is inevitable in the sense of preventing top-level accusations and illegal actions
- The top-level prosecution doesn't think about impeachment, but it can be 'special measures'
■ Broadcasting: FM 94.5 (17:00-19:00)
■ Air date: January 8, 2025 (Wednesday)
■ Proceedings: Shin Yul, Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Myongji University
■ Talk: Jeon Hyun-hee, the supreme council member of the Democratic Party of Korea
- 尹 2nd arrest, police are likely to take the initiative in enforcement at the scene
- Concerns about fleeing during 尹 execution..Police must be alert to
- 尹 increases the duration of requesting arrest warrants.Illegal arrest warrant? Irregularities
- Lee Cheol-gyu, it could be a crime of intimidation.a highly inappropriate remark
* The text below may differ from the actual broadcast content, so please check the broadcast for more accurate information.
◆Shinryul: Let's start part 4 of Shinryul's news head-to-head match from YTN Radio. In today's front-facing interview for the fourth part. In addition, the Democratic Party of Korea's supreme council member Jeon Hyun-hee is invited to the studio, and the current political situation has a lot of things to listen to, right? Let's have time to listen to the entrance. Please come in.
◇Jeon Hyun-hee: Hello.
◆ Shin Yul: Rep. Jeon Hyun-hee is coming today, and the weather these days, so the environment, political and social, and the weather has gotten cold.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: It's cold and it snows often.
◆ Synthesis: I don't know. Why does it snow so often?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: I think it's similar to the situation in Korea.
◆ Shin-ryul: That's ridiculous. This is a historical word. When I express the weather like this. But I think it's perfect these days. It was re-voted in the National Assembly today. A double special prosecutor. However, independent counsel for rebellion received 198 votes, and independent counsel Kim Gun-hee received 196 votes. Looking at this, can't it be said that the independent counsel for the rebellion has a little more votes for the power of the people? It's 192 so at least six votes.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: But I voted for it more than I thought. I think so. However, it was rejected due to lack of two votes, which is very unfortunate, and the people's power is now strongly demanding the independent counsel recommended by a third party, so today's meeting was held a while ago after the plenary session. So, the top party discussed whether to accept the third-party special prosecutor, but it is important to pass it. Therefore, the Democratic Party of Korea can accept a third-party special prosecutor by reflecting such claims from the people's power to some extent. That's what I came to today's conclusion.
◆ Credit rate: Can I add foreign exchange charges?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: We're going to basically add foreign exchange crimes. Because if the session changes in the middle of the current session, the law passed today can be proposed again, but to do so within the session, a different law from the law passed today must be proposed again. Therefore, we plan to add foreign exchange to the existing rebellion and push for re-issuance as soon as possible in the direction of accepting a third-party special prosecutor.
◆ Shin-ryul: Then if the acting authority Choi Sang-mok makes a little revision like this and does something to ease the controversy over the unconstitutionality, he won't at least veto it, right? But this is the issue of the Special Prosecutor Act, and the other thing is that Acting Chief Choi Sang-mok filed a complaint. Things like this. How should I say this? People say that I can hold it in and do it. How do you see it?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: Today, the Vice Minister of Justice made a statement at the plenary session on the reason why the government exercised its veto power. The content should go in that direction regarding the third-party independent counsel, and it is unconstitutional to go to the independent counsel recommended by the opposition party. So, if a third-party independent counsel is used, it can be done in a way that the government will not exercise its veto power. That's what I said. Therefore, if the independent counsel for the rebellion goes to a third-party-recommended independent counsel, it is highly likely to pass. And I'd like to say that there is no justification for vetoing. As for acting Choi Sang-mok, in fact, the appointment of a permanent special prosecutor and the appointment of a constitutional judge, which the acting Choi Sang-mok has to do under the law. And the Supreme Court has already passed the hearing, but it has not yet been appointed. So there is now an omission law that actually delays and interferes with the impeachment of the Yoon Suk Yeol, and of course does not do the duty of acting. And this time, despite the request to cooperate with the execution of the warrant, the security agency asked for the order to cooperate with the execution of the warrant, but rather than responding to it, I called the police and asked them to increase the number of security personnel in the opposite direction. So I think the illegality is very serious. Now, I'll tell you that it was inevitable in the sense of giving a sharp warning about such illegality and preventing such illegal behavior.
◆ Shin Yul: It's not impeachment, is it?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: I haven't thought about impeachment yet. In a situation where our economy and state affairs are in a very crisis, continuous impeachment can give a lot of bad signals such as external credibility, so if possible, we are trying to refrain from impeaching the acting leader Choi Sang-mok. But if you continue to do so, such as obstructing the impeachment of the Yoon Suk Yeol, failing to cooperate with the execution of the warrant, or refusing to appoint such a constitutional judge, you can also take special measures. I still have this part as my last card. I'm telling you this.
◆ Shin Yul: Our listeners may know our Supreme Council member Jeon Hyun-hee well, but you may not know this, but our Supreme Council member Jeon Hyun-hee was originally a dentist. He graduated from dental school. After that, he took another bar exam, so he has a lawyer's license and is a lawyer. He's a versatile man in many ways. The reason I said this is because he's a lawyer, so I issued an arrest warrant, and this is the second round, right? When do you think it'll be now? This is the execution of the warrant.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: The most important thing to do now is to secure a lot of police personnel who can be arrested now. Last time, when the police personnel went toward arrest, they went to about 100 people, but it was confirmed that it was far short. So this time, we need to mobilize more police personnel, but the police are not always waiting like this, but because they have to respond to requests like this while doing their work, I think securing troops is the most important thing. So, we don't know the number of people now enough for the troops to make arrests like this, but it's time for this execution to be secured enough. If so, we don't know the internal situation of the police, but it's very urgent now, so I think it will be executed within this week.
◆ Shin Yul: But honestly, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit says that the warrant is valid for how long. And so-called, if that happens, you've given them time to prepare, so they've revealed a lot of inexperience that can be said, but this time, the police's National Investigation Headquarters seems to take the lead.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: I think so. Last time, the first warrant was released after receiving a 7-day warrant expiration date. So you can prepare for the other person.
◆Credits: Oh, it's honest.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: So I received the second warrant for a certain period of time right now. It hasn't come out yet. So it's presumed that I got at least a week more generous deadline. And the first warrant execution was actually led by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, but didn't it reveal a lot of deficiencies or deficiencies in the execution of the warrant? So this time, it is expected that the police will take the lead in executing arrest warrants at this site.
◆ Shin Yul: But the biggest concern right now is that there are many opinions that if armed conflict occurs, this would be a big deal. What do you think?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: Of course, there can't be an armed conflict, right? Now, there is an armed conflict in the execution of a warrant in the Republic of Korea, and it is impossible to use this force to refuse the execution of a warrant. It's an act that breaks down the foundations of the rule of law. In fact, it's hard to believe that what we've seen in this autocratic country is happening in Korea right now, whether dictators use military force to fight against police forces or the mafia does this, and that the president is doing that. If you break down the rule of law like this, ignore public power like this, and don't obey this public power, who will obey the law in Korea? Shouldn't Korea be a country where criminals are allowed to follow the example of the president and not to execute warrants in the future? So in this situation, the security service will use force to prevent the execution of this warrant. This cannot happen, and in this case, it constitutes an obstruction of the execution of special public affairs. They're all caught red-handed.
◆ Shin Yul: That's why there must have been a voice among the investigators to make an arrest.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: So, in this second execution, the number of cases that interfere with the execution of warrants will be arrested on charges of obstructing the execution of special public affairs as a current offender at the scene without tolerance. The police are talking like this, but I think we have to watch.
◆ Shin-ryul: There was a rumor that President Yoon Suk Yeol was not in his official residence and ran away, but now he said, "I met the lawyer Yoon Gap-geun," and now President Yoon is in his official residence. What do you think?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: Actually, I heard that the Democratic Party was informed by this reliable source. So it was a very well-founded story, but now that some of the Internet media have said that they are in their official residence today, it is assumed that they are currently in their official residence. However, just because you're currently there, you can't still rule out things like going out and coming back in before that. And aside from that, if you go into the execution of the warrant now, the internal structure of this official residence is said to be a structure that can be passed through another entrance when it enters the main gate like this. Therefore, when the warrant is executed, I think the police should still be alert about whether they will be in their official residence or run away again during the execution of the warrant.
◆ Shin Yul: But I think President Yoon keeps saying that the warrant is invalid. But as far as I know, the judge who issued the extension of the warrant this time is the judge last time and another judge. So, what I'm saying is that I have no intention of responding to this arrest warrant once again, but if I request an arrest warrant, I'll respond. What do you think this means as a lawyer?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: It's really absurd. If you request an arrest warrant, the period may be extended. Once you request the warrant for a certain period, you have to issue a letter of arrest and go to the court for a warrant review. However, even when issuing the letter of arrest, the lawyer asked you to delay the time a little bit and asked for the time you prepared, so the period of the warrant's actual review can be delayed. Since there is no need to do it until when, if the lawyer continues to ask the court, the arrest warrant can be issued now and arrested immediately, but if an arrest warrant is requested, it may take time between arrest and warrant review. So I think it's very likely that it's a plan to buy time now through that. Well, the claim that the warrant is currently issued is invalid or illegal is absurd. Because the court has already confirmed that it is valid three times. When I first filed an objection after the warrant, the Western District Court confirmed that it was also valid and legal. It was confirmed that the arrest warrant was valid again when the court issued it for the second time this time, and yesterday, the judiciary committee said that the court's second-in-command, the head of the court administration, is probably the second-in-command, but he is not guilty of any illegality in issuing the arrest warrant. That's why this arrest warrant is illegal. The argument over there is nonsense. Another thing is to claim that this is illegal by requesting a warrant from the Western District Court, not the Central District Court, but it makes no sense at all. Because if you look at the criminal law that regulates the jurisdiction of this trial, this jurisdiction is in principle the address of the accused of the crime. Then, what is the crime place and the address of the accused now? Yongsan Hannam-dong is here. So the jurisdiction here is the Western District Court. But of course, that's why I requested a warrant from the law of jurisdiction. If you look at the Corruption Investigations Unit Act, there is a rule. In principle, the jurisdiction of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit shall be the Central District Court. That's why I think Yoon Suk Yeol is coming up with this regulation. However, according to the provisions of the clue, the prosecutor of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit can consider the jurisdiction under the Criminal Procedure Act, that is, the place of crime, the location of evidence, etc. So, in principle, the jurisdiction of the Western District Court under the Penalty Act has no problem. But he keeps insisting on this. A court with no jurisdiction has sought an arrest warrant. Now it's a claim that's not legally correct at all.
◆ Shin-ryul: Have you seen such reports that about seven members of the People's Power are attempting to go and prevent them in the process of executing arrest warrants?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: I didn't see it.
◆ Shin-ryul: If that's the case, why do you think that's happening? That kind of behavior?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: About 40 members of the People's Power Party flocked to the front of the residence, saying they would block the execution of the warrant. Of course, the warrant was not executed, so they did not take action directly, but in their case, most of them are lawmakers in Yeongnam region. Therefore, there are many people who can extend their political lives only when the far-right conservative supporters support them. In addition to that, I think that in the case of lawmakers who are in the command, there was a meaning to secure their support. And especially those who need the support of the far-right, I think they will take this opportunity to take this opportunity to impress the far-right and secure their support. However, even if you are a member of the National Assembly now, preventing the execution of a warrant could constitute a crime of obstructing the execution of special public affairs. Then, no arrest privileges apply in this case. in the case of a red-handed offender So, the police understand that in the case of this current criminal, even if he is a member of the National Assembly, he is willing to arrest him regardless of his status, and I think he should.
◆Shin Yul: What I just told you is an exclusive article by Channel A yesterday. At least nine lawmakers have expressed their intention to go again if there are signs of execution of arrest warrants tomorrow or anytime. I'll tell you that it's this article. And this is a little different, but why did you hear that?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: I saw the article.
◆ Shin Yul: Yesterday, a day before the expiration of the SNS arrest warrant, the phone caught fire and the meeting continued because it served as a messenger between our party and the National Assembly. How do you watch this?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: Actually, I don't know the relationship. But it wasn't appropriate to use this expression. I think so, but I think that the Democratic Party and the National Capital, which the National Power claims, are completely different from the truth. But now lawmaker Lee Sang-sik is a former police officer, right? That's why in this situation, I don't know about him in the future, but isn't he probably a safety? Isn't it an exaggerated expression of the communication of a kind of legislative activity? That's what I think.
◆ Shin Yul: And the People's Power Rep. Lee Chul-kyu also told the head of the National Investigation Headquarters to think about this distant future, what do you think of that?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: First of all, I think that it may be legally a crime of intimidation. I think it was a little inappropriate as well. In fact, the head of the Noodles Division is very willing to execute the arrest warrant this time, and this second arrest warrant will be very determined by following the orders of the people. I understand that this is the position, but in the case of lawmaker Lee Chul-kyu, if he executes an arrest warrant like that, it sounds almost like he will not leave him alone. So you said something like, "Think about the future," but I think that was a very inappropriate comment about this public official.
◆ Shin Yul: I see. If our lawmaker Lee Chul-kyu says my remarks are distorted and it's wrong to be reported everywhere now, please feel free to contact us. In fact, we wanted to invite Representative Lee Cheol-kyu, but we never got to invite him. You don't interview us very much, so I'm telling you that I can give you an opportunity to object at any time. And this is the part of the rebellion, that is, the Constitutional Court has excluded the rebellion, but from the Democratic Party's point of view, this is not to be excluded. But rather than me asking that, there are speculations that the Constitutional Court is trying to expedite the impeachment trial because of the judicial risk against representative Lee Jae-myung. What do you think?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: In the case of that national power, you're just dragging Lee Jae-myung's bulletproof and Lee Jae-myung's trial on all issues. That's absolutely not the case. Most Koreans would think that the constitutional trial should be completed quickly. Because the most dangerous thing about the current economic crisis in Korea is Yoon Suk Yeol. Don't you think that impeachment is the problem? Last time I said I was going to execute an arrest warrant, and the stock price soared. But the execution of this warrant failed and stopped. So didn't the stock price fall again? In fact, the exchange rate is now plunging and soaring, so this uncertainty is the worst for the economy, and the Korean economy can recover only if it ends as soon as possible. Therefore, a quick impeachment trial is most necessary in the Republic of Korea because impeachment must be decided the earliest to eliminate this uncertainty. This is what the whole nation wants right now. But I don't know why this is linked to CEO Lee Jae-myung's trial or something. In fact, this impeachment makes an absurd claim that the Democratic Party of Korea has removed the crime of rebellion to do it quickly, but it is not true at all. The act of rebellion is all included as it is, and rather than judging it as a crime of rebellion under the criminal law, please judge the act of rebellion as a violation of the Constitution. This is the content of the National Assembly's impeachment investigation. Therefore, all acts of civil war are included in the impeachment inquiry. That's why I cleared myself of rebellion, even revealing nearly 80% of the reasons for impeachment. I'm making this argument, but it's not true at all. It's 100% in it. However, it has been summarized this time that the judgment should be judged not as a crime of rebellion under the criminal law, but as a violation of the constitution under the constitution, a violation of martial law, a violation of democracy. So the same thing happened during the impeachment of the Park Geun Hye last time. At that time, floor leader Kwon Sung-dong. Instead of judging it as a crime of bribery or embezzlement, please judge it as a violation of the Constitution and finish the impeachment trial as soon as possible. And this doesn't require a re-decision by the National Assembly. Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader, said that very clearly at the time. It's actually the same as now. However, the person who claimed that at the time should now judge this as a crime of rebellion under the criminal law, and I think that the people's power is the intention to delay and hinder the impeachment of the Yoon Suk Yeol as much as possible by dragging on this case for a long time.
◆ Shin Yul: When do you think the impeachment decision will be made, so the Constitutional Court will decide?
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: That's basically a judgment by the Constitutional Court. Now, the judgment on the act of civil war and the judgment on the violation of the Constitution is all too clear. For now, declaring martial law constitutes a civil war, but violating the constitution does not meet the requirements for declaring martial law stipulated in the constitution. It wasn't a national emergency equivalent to a wartime incident, but martial law was enforced. They did not notify the National Assembly, did not deliberate properly at the State Council, did not do the department of the State Council members, and tried to break into the constitutional institutions of the National Assembly and the NEC to neutralize their power. This in itself is already a clear violation of the Constitution, and this is an act of rebellion.
◆ Shin Yul: It's not difficult.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: That's why it's very simple and clear, so I think it can be concluded as soon as possible.
◆ Shin Yul: I see. That's all for today's talk. Thank you.
◇ Jeon Hyun-hee: Thank you.
◆ Shin Yul: I've been a member of the Democratic Party of Korea's supreme council, Jeon Hyun-hee.
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