Human Rights Commission introduces 'Guaranteeing the President's Defense Rights' agenda...Civil Society's Strong Rebellion

[Anchor]
It was belatedly confirmed that the National Human Rights Commission of Korea presented the agenda to the plenary committee that President Yoon Suk Yeol should be guaranteed his right to defend himself.

The declaration of martial law was the president's own authority and that the opposition party's excessive motion for impeachment was rather a controversy of national constitution, but civil society immediately protested.

I'm reporter Baek Jong-gyu.

[Reporter]
It has been belatedly revealed that the Human Rights Commission has officially presented an agenda calling for the guarantee of President Yoon Suk Yeol's right to defend himself to the plenary committee, which will be held on the 13th.

Kim Yong-won, Han Seok-hoon, Kim Jong-min, Lee Han-byeol, and Kang Jeong-hye jointly proposed, and even approved by Chairman Ahn Chang-ho.

First of all, he recommended that the National Assembly Speaker withdraw the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and not abuse the impeachment of public officials in the future.

To the head of the Constitutional Court, President Yoon's right to defend himself during the impeachment trial is thoroughly guaranteed.
Considering the progress of a number of criminal proceedings related to the declaration of the
martial law, it was recommended to consider the suspension of the judgment process and not to be bound by the 180-day judgment period.

Advised the judiciary to strictly examine arrest or arrest warrant claims,
The
investigation authorities recommended that the investigation be conducted without detention based on the principle of presumption of innocence and that no arrests or arrest warrants be issued.

At the same time, he said that as the declaration of martial law is a unique authority granted to the president by the Constitution, detailed planning is neither wrong nor criticized as long as the president has decided to declare martial law.

In particular, he wrote that the National Assembly has abused the impeachment motion without justifiable reasons by using the number of seats in the opposition party as a weapon.

In addition, it is very inappropriate for the opposition party or the media to respond to the establishment of the crime of rebellion as a fait accompli,
It could be a national disgrace for the
investigation agency to launch a competitive investigation into insurrection,
Based on the fact that the
arraignment office has the right to investigate the abuse of authority, it was evaluated as a ridiculous argument both legally and common sense to claim that it also has the right to investigate the related rebellion.

In civil society, there is criticism that the Human Rights Commission has abandoned the reason why it should exist.

[Park Han-hee / Lawyer (How to make hope for a meeting of public interest human rights lawyers): The Human Rights Commission has not made any position on martial law, but it is willing to defend Yoon Suk Yeol, a monster who suddenly revolted, and to discuss absurd content on the agenda. This in itself already shows that the NHRC no longer serves as a human rights organization....]

YTN reporters tried to ask Ahn Chang-ho, the chairman of the Human Rights Commission, as well as Kim Yong-won, the chairman of the agenda, but all did not receive any contact or refused to answer.

Earlier, on the 24th of last month, the Human Rights Commission rejected an ex officio investigation into the emergency martial law situation proposed by opposition recommended members.

I'm BAEK JONG KYU of YTN.



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