"Unacceptable Foreign Exchange Crimes" vs "President Arrested"...Special Committee on International Coordination for Insurrection

[Anchor]
The People's Power leadership will decide today whether to propose its own emergency martial law law excluding the "foreign exchange attraction crime," but the Democratic Party is in a position that it cannot yield, so conflicts are expected.

The National Assembly's special investigation committee on allegations of civil war will receive its first report to the military and the Ministry of National Defense today, and there is a fight over the contents and attendance of witnesses.

Connect with a National Assembly reporter to find out more. Reporter Kang Min-kyung!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's in the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
First, let's start with the discussion of the independent counsel law.

When will the ruling party leadership, entrusted with the authority to make decisions by lawmakers, conclude its own discussion on the independent counsel law?

[Reporter]
I have to gather the opinions of the leadership, so I think the final position will come out in the afternoon.

However, it is unacceptable to investigate the "foreign exchange crime" that the opposition party put into the new special prosecution law, that is, that it secretly conspired with foreign countries to threaten the existence of the state.

In fact, it is a campaign to devastate conservative parties, so let's listen to floor leader Kwon Sung-dong's remarks in the morning meeting.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: The opposition's independent counsel law only makes North Korea do good things. This should be called the pro-North Korea independent counsel, the transfer independent counsel, and the security dismantling independent counsel, not the independent counsel. It is absolutely unacceptable.]

The pros and cons of the party are still divided, but when the YTN coverage is combined, the leadership seems to be putting weight on releasing its own independent counsel bill, which excludes "foreign exchange crimes" and reduces the scope and duration of the investigation.

This is because voices are gaining strength that the opposition party needs its own independent counsel and needs to earn time for negotiations with the opposition party in order to prevent the ruling party's departure from the re-announcement of the independent counsel law.

However, negotiations are not expected to be easy because the Democratic Party of Korea is in a tough position that it is difficult to remove the "foreign exchange crime" as suspicions arise that it tried to use North Korea for martial law.

Some pointed out that reducing the scope of the investigation actually acknowledges the incitement of civil war.

Let's listen to Park Chan-dae's remarks at the morning meeting.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: Isn't opposing the investigation on the charge of inciting a rebellion acknowledges that they instigated a rebellion?]

Currently, the Democratic Party of Korea is determined to pass the opposition's independent counsel law on civil war at the plenary session on the 16th.

However, there are also voices of concern within the Democratic Party about the recent strengthening of the "dictatorship frame" and narrowing the gap in approval ratings with the ruling party.

For this reason, there is a possibility that the Democratic Party of Korea will also speed up the passage of the Special Prosecutor Act in a formal way to negotiate with the ruling party.

[Anchor]
As the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol is imminent, the ruling and opposition parties have also fought over it.

Please summarize the arguments of each party.

[Reporter]
The power of the people is that the arrest warrant itself is illegal, and as public opinion over the president's arrest is sharply divided, it should not be enforced.

It is to hand over the investigation to the police even if it is to prevent a bloody conflict, but we will listen to the ruling party's argument.

[Park Hyung-soo / Deputy floor leader of People's Power: If the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police conduct excessive arrest operations and cause physical conflicts and casualties, Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party will have to take all responsibility.]

However, the Democratic Party of Korea is making the day that it is rather illegal to prevent the execution of arrest warrants legally issued by the court.

In the morning meeting, the government and ruling party also called for an early arrest, saying they were watering down the issue, driving it into clashes between state agencies.

Let's listen to it for ourselves.

[Kim Yong-min / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: We hope that the arrest will begin as soon as possible at a time when the entire nation is anxious without being dragged into the operation of delaying the time of the accomplices of the civil war.]

[Anchor]
Starting today, we will also look at the National Assembly's special investigation committee to investigate the allegations of civil war.

Today, the military and the Ministry of Defense are subject to the agency report, right?

[Reporter]
That's right. From 10 o'clock, the National Assembly Special Committee began receiving reports from eight organizations, including the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Among the 81 witnesses of the agency, Army Chief of Staff Park An-soo and Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun were present, and Moon Sang-ho, the intelligence commander, submitted a statement of reasons for his absence.

At the meeting, there are questions about the role of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law centered on the opposition party, and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who intervened in the process.

In particular, questions followed about how specific instructions the two had given in preparation for declaring martial law.

On the other hand, the ruling and opposition parties set a confrontation over the adoption of general witnesses at the National Assembly Special Committee.

The Democratic Party of Korea adheres to its position that the president of Yoon Suk Yeol should be called, and the power of the people should be called to representative Lee Jae-myung.

The Democratic Party of Korea is likely to push ahead with the adoption of President Yoon's witnesses even by the opposition alone, but it is expected to try to reach an agreement as much as possible by this afternoon.

So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.