Yeo, "Proposed to be a party of the martial law special prosecutor"... Hey, "The special prosecutor will be dealt with tomorrow."

2025.01.16. PM 3:59
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[Anchor]
The People's Power decided to propose its own independent counsel bill in connection with the December 3 emergency martial law incident.

The Democratic Party of Korea is in a position to discuss it once the ruling party issues a bill for the special prosecution, but it has set the deadline for negotiations until tomorrow's plenary session.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Son Hyo-jung!

At a time when the Democratic Party of Korea is professing to deal with the Insurrection Special Counsel Act, the people's power has also settled its position, right?

[Reporter]
After nearly two hours of a general meeting of lawmakers, the People's Power decided to propose its own "Economic Special Prosecutor Act" in the name of all 108 lawmakers.

Floor leader Kwon Sung-dong met with reporters after the parliamentary assembly and said he would not receive a bill by the opposition special prosecutor, which is full of toxic provisions, including foreign exchange crimes, and would propose the party with only the necessary parts.

The ruling party's independent counsel bill is expected to include the Supreme Court's recommendation of three independent counsel candidates and the president's appointment, excluding charges of propaganda and instigation of foreign exchange and civil war.

At the general meeting of lawmakers, there were many negative voices about the special prosecution, saying that it was not effective when the president was arrested, but the reality that the Democratic Party's bill should be passed played a bigger role.

The special prosecution bill of the people's power will be proposed tomorrow, and the key is whether to negotiate the special prosecution law with the Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party said it will start negotiations at 11 a.m. tomorrow if the ruling party issues a bill.

However, as originally planned, I said that I would definitely deal with the special prosecutor at tomorrow's plenary session.

After meeting with National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik, floor leader Park Chan-dae said that if negotiations are not completed by the plenary session, the meeting will be adjourned and the special prosecution law passed.

Regarding the possibility of negotiations with the ruling party, he reiterated the principle that the introduction of a special prosecutor should not be delayed further with Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest.

In addition, the Democratic Party of Korea is suspicious of the ruling party's sincerity in handling the special prosecution, and there are observations that negotiations on the special prosecution law will not be easy due to the large differences between the ruling and opposition parties on each issue.

[Anchor]
The aftermath of the arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol's president remains, and the ruling and opposition parties have expressed mixed positions today, right?

[Reporter]
The people's power takes issue with the issuance and execution of arrest warrants and consistently defines the investigation of President Yoon as illegal.

In a morning meeting, Kwon Young-se, chairman of the emergency committee, accused the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police of ignoring the investigation process and effectively causing a judicial coup.

The level of attacks on judicial risks, including the trial of the Public Official Election Act by Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, has also increased.

[Kwon Young-se / People's Power Emergency Management Committee Chairman: Judicial proceedings against the president are proceeding on a KTX-class basis, and some people are sitting on the slow train of judicial proceedings. Representative Lee Jae-myung's strategy of delaying the trial should no longer be tolerated.]

About 30 ruling party lawmakers, including Na Kyung-won and Lee Chul-kyu, visited the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and condemned the investigation of President Yoon.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party evaluated that the arrest of President Yoon would signal the restoration of constitutional order and democracy and the realization of the rule of law.

He also emphasized that since he has secured the president's whereabouts, suspicions surrounding the emergency martial law situation should be investigated through a thorough investigation.

[Park Chan-dae / Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea: We need to immediately arrest the Yoon Suk Yeol and thoroughly investigate the whole December 3 civil war. We will do our best to wipe out the remnants of the civil war, stabilize people's livelihoods, and normalize the country.]

However, there is also a sense within the Democratic Party of Korea that it should focus on people's livelihoods and the economy rather than direct criticism of the president and highlight its role as an alternative party.

Unlike the ruling party's approval rating, which has recently recovered to pre-martial law levels, the Democratic Party's approval rating seems to be conscious of the stagnant situation, which seems to be agonizing over how to overcome the "anti-Lee Jae-myung, anti-DP" sentiment.

So far, I'm Son Hyo-jung of YTN in the National Assembly.



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