■ Appearance: Yoon Ki-chan, Vice Chairman of the People's Power Law Committee, Cho Ki-yeon, Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea Law Committee,
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[Anchor]
We start 'Politics On' looking at the outside and inside of politics. Today, with the vice chairman of the ruling and opposition parties' legal committee, we will analyze the legal aspects such as the aftermath of the political circle and the arrest of President Yoon after the execution of the arrest warrant. We have invited two vice-chairmen, Yoon Ki-chan, the power of the people, and Cho Ki-yeon of the Democratic Party of Korea. Welcome.
Let's start with the first keyword. The first keyword is 'crying.' Floor leader Kwon Sung-dong cried at an emergency meeting of lawmakers this morning, saying that the arrest of the president is disastrous, but we will first hear the reaction of the president's arrest.
[Anchor]
Floor leader Kwon Sung-dong also shed tears over the arrest of the president, the party's No. 1 member. Calling the president an old friend makes me angry. That's what I said.
[Yoon Ki-chan]
It's based on the perception that arrest is unfair. The arrest itself is a warrant that an investigative agency without investigative power received by requesting a district court that has no jurisdiction, but there seems to be a perception that the contents of the warrant itself are actually illegal, and more than 1,000 police officers were mobilized in the execution process, of which about 500 lent dispatched personnel to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. That's actually illegal, too.
So, under the rule of law, of course, it is a series of events triggered by the president's emergency martial law, but anyway, there is a perception that there is a problem from the rule of law at each stage, and the situation where he has no choice but to propose an independent counsel law seems to have brought tears to him.
For example, the Democratic Party of Korea recognizes that the reason for pushing for this special prosecution law is to create an advantageous political landscape in the early presidential election, but if it opposes it, the number of votes within the party will increase. If only two more people leave than last time, it will pass, so in the re-decision. It was my own emotional emotion reflecting such a complicated situation inside and outside the party, I believe so.
[Anchor]
In the end, in response to the Democratic Party-led Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act, the people's power chose Chaak, not the best, but should we look at it like this?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
It's inevitable. Originally, I think there is no need for an independent counsel law. In fact, the prosecution has indicted all nine people and nine people suspected of being important mission workers. That's why the investigation is all being completed. As the arrest of the president is almost finalizing, it doesn't make sense to start an investigation now.
Nevertheless, the reason why we have no choice but to make an independent special prosecution law here is that if it goes as it is now, there is a possibility that the special prosecution law, which has many unconstitutional elements of the Democratic Party, will be passed, and the first is whether acting Choi can withstand it.
Then, there is a problem that becomes fear as it is, and even if you exercise your veto, you will feel self-inflicted in the party who cannot guarantee that there will be two additional members of your party when you return. Therefore, considering such a number of things, the floor leader Kwon evaluated it as the second best.
[Anchor]
After self-proposal, we will discuss the possibility of consultation with the Democratic Party of Korea, but on the day of arrest, the president's video message and SNS handwritten letter were released. Today, however, Rep. Jung Sung-ho said, "There was no apology for the people who were surprised and had a hard time because of the emergency martial law." It's the reaction of the Democratic Party.
[Early Delayed]
That's right. From the perspective of the president's handwritten letter, representative Kwon Seong-dong, and most of the lawmakers who just mentioned the power of the people, I still do not see any apology or genuine remorse from the shock of the December 3 emergency martial law civil war.
The president's arrest warrant was executed yesterday, so the people can get some sleep now. Now, the frustration has gone a little, but seeing the power of the people shown so far, the frustration and anger over the power of the people continue to rise. It's not simply because of some visible positions, it's because it's still not actually acknowledging emergency martial law or civil war.
Although it is said to propose a special prosecution law, is this really a proposal to find out the truth about the December 3 civil war? There are definitely aspects that don't look like that. However, it is only a political and strategic choice to respond to the early presidential election, which is actually visible through the president's drawing, and there are no signs of serious concern for finding the truth.
Of course, if the bill is submitted, the Democratic Party of Korea is willing to actively consult and pass the special prosecution bill by agreement between the ruling and opposition parties. In any case, if you really want to end the December 3 civil war and want to live up to the people's wishes, I would like to ask you to actively discuss the independent counsel law to end the civil war.
[Anchor]
We are showing you on the screen in front of the Seoul Central District Court at this time. As previously mentioned, an arrest suit will be held at the Seoul Central District Court in 5 p.m. today, a short time. President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested yesterday and has been detained in Seoul Detention Center for about 18 hours after being investigated by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.
An arrest suit will be held at 5 p.m. shortly after the Seoul Central District Court, saying that the arrest warrant itself was unfair and that the arrest warrant issued by the Seoul Western District Court was unfair. We are showing you the front of the Seoul Central District Court.
Supporters are gathering now to show how they are preparing for a situation where the president may attend. We will continue to talk to you two. About 30 ruling party lawmakers visited the residence just before President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested yesterday. Among them, lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun said this on YouTube today. Let's listen to it.
[Anchor]
The party should become a more aggressive and combative party. I said this. What does it mean?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
Looking at the process of the Democratic Party of Korea's operation of the National Assembly, it is true that it has been done arbitrarily. Aside from whether it is right or wrong, the process is important to be democratic, but the National Assembly has actually operated like a Democratic Party's arbitrary, Democratic general meeting without going through a deliberation process. The process of persuading the people in a process that could not be prevented.
In fact, the National Assembly should have persuaded the public to pressure them with public opinion if the number of seats was insufficient, but I think that was not enough, and also, please be more aggressive in protecting me against the president. I don't think this is the purpose, and for example, there seems to be a perception that the Democratic Party is doing everything, so it is right or wrong, and that it is dogmatic.
For example, the people's power has not stopped the operation of the National Assembly, which sets a conclusion on something, fills the conclusion in the National Assembly, and proceeds with a formal procedure. In my 20s, there was actually a hand-to-hand jersey related to fast track.
Of course, it's not desirable.E. Anyway, it seems to raise the question of whether there has been an all-out war, and in conclusion, the people's power has only condemned it at that time, but since then, they have not made this kind of effort to follow up and track it and catch it. So, I think there is a part that the power of the people will pay more attention to.
[Anchor]
Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the party, also said in a closed-door parliamentary meeting yesterday, "You must become a warrior." Only when we become warriors can we prevent the Democratic Party from taking over the motive of informing the Democratic Party of Korea's brutality even if the president's emergency martial law is wrong, he said, but the president should eventually become a combative party. It's connected with these words, right?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
Right. For example, something like this. The president's emergency martial law is evaluated by the Constitutional Court, the prosecution, the police, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. And they're also doing it in politics. But the evaluation of this is based on the evaluation. The blame for that is to be taken as it is. However, when it comes to arbitrary things related to the operation of the National Assembly that the Democratic Party has been doing or impeachment that does not meet the requirements, we should not just criticize them once, but we should also reveal this to the public and publicize the point of criticism. That's why these things should not be repeated, but the power of the people could not prevent them from repeating them. I think these are reflective dimensions of whether there is a little agenda aspect.
[Anchor]
What the president said just before he was arrested is a message, and in addition to this, the president learned how brutal and scary the left-wing judicial cartel is. I heard that he said this, too. In the end, you're saying that you don't have the right to investigate rebellion at the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, right?
[Early Delayed]
I've been talking about cartels for two and a half years in office. Private education cartels, medical cartels, communications cartels. I saw all the problems of the literal translation or camp in a certain field as cartels. This goes to the extreme, and Congressional dictatorship and cartels are defined in the process of making decisions by the majority vote of the Democratic Party, and the resulting impeachment proceedings refer to judicial cartels before the investigation process.
Then there was nothing in this society that went back to normal. That's why I went to the emergency martial law civil war. In this way, it is reasonable to understand that the president even went to an emergency martial law situation that he could not have imagined. However, even now, it seems that they are not aware of how serious the problem is.
Be the militant party you talked about a while ago. You have to be a warrior again. Watching these stories going viral, President Yoon Suk Yeol still does not properly recognize the power of the people, the recognition of democracy and liberal democracy, its systems, the constitution and the rule of law, and their importance. Because he wanted to use the National Assembly as a battlefield and a battlefield, he eventually put the military into the National Assembly. I can't help but think like this.
[Anchor]
President Yoon was arrested at around 10:30 a.m. yesterday and the appearance of the arrest was not disclosed, so we are guessing the appearance by the message, and President Yoon delivered the sandwich to the lawyers ahead of the arrest of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. I delivered a sandwich that I made myself. There are comments like this, too. Before coming out, I saw Tori and Mrs. Kim one more time, and many things have been said.
[Yoon Ki-chan]
It seems to be a complicated act of meeting, but anyway, it doesn't come out specifically whether the sandwich was made by himself or the background of the sandwich, and I think it was on the media once before. With tuna. Perhaps he wanted to make his own and give it to the people who suffered because of him.
In the process of coming out, there must have been a part where secretaries and bodyguards lined up. I shook hands one by one. I was sorry. It seems that he said something to this effect, but he took a video before he came out. Even if you look at the video, you are responsible for your own responsibility, but it seems that you wanted to raise a lot of issues related to the democratic operation of the country's democracy and the operation of the National Assembly. For example, whether the president's declaration of emergency martial law was wrong or not, everything in his message was wrong. This view is not correct, and you have to take various legal and political responsibilities related to the declaration of emergency martial law, and then you have to reflect on the president's message.
Hearing the messages that were in the process of before and after the arrest. Of course, the president's declaration of emergency martial law sought to check the opposition's various arbitrary parliamentary operations. Of course, it's wrong. It's quite against the principle of proportionality and you shouldn't do that. However, the public evaluation will surely follow when the opposition parties make laws of partisan interests or abuse impeachment, not for the communities they have shown in the operation of the National Assembly. I think the president said that.
[Anchor]
He delivered his own sandwiches to the lawyers. It seems that the president wanted to say something like this that the president was determined to say, but he also said this. What's the point of doing it for two and a half more years? So I think I'm talking about the presidency. It's more comfortable to be inside. Please take good care of the sugar. I heard they left this comment. What's the point of doing it for two and a half more years? I said this, but now I'm in Seoul Detention Center for nearly 18 hours, do I regret this because I changed my mind?
[Early Delayed]
I don't think I'll regret it yet. I don't think this is true. This emergency martial law rebellion was carried out not because it was planned and intended to take power for a considerable period of time beyond the two-and-a-half-year term, so it was carried out because it was determined that there was such a resolution and possibility.
So, even if I don't do it for two and a half years, I'll make a political decision and correct politics through the extreme means of emergency martial law, but isn't everything revealing that's not it? The two-hour rebellion is changing again because it was a six-hour rebellion at first.
But look at it a few days ago. It has been confirmed that power cuts and water cuts have been ordered for five major media companies. So, continuing to talk about the need for an independent counsel is not the end of the investigation with the prosecution of the central prosecutor against such a major mission worker.
There are so many facts to be revealed now that the investigation into the emergency martial law in general shows that the president was not trying to correct something through the emergency martial law, but rather his desire for power and his personal motivation to realize his desires, so it is difficult to give any meaning beyond the feelings of giving up or despair when it comes to arresting him.
[Anchor]
Hang on. Let's connect the front of the Constitutional Court for a moment. Yoon Suk Yeol's representatives are leaving after the second hearing of the impeachment trial today. I'll try to connect it. [Bae Jin-han] Why on earth the president declared martial law, why the big opposition party does not have the right to dissolve the National Assembly in Germany, and in a way, Korea's major power institution is a parliament that can make the president do nothing. The big opposition, the National Assembly. The president can turn into a scarecrow if he uses all the legislation and all the powers that Congress wants.
I'm not going to do a media interview about what the content of the decision is, but the conclusion made at our Constitutional Court today because it was a decision that I made after desperately contemplating for a long time that the country should not be in such a ridiculously dangerous situation. In particular, please listen carefully to the arguments I made and make sure to deliver them to the people.
It's probably transmitted through CCTV at the Constitutional Court, right? If you look at the transmission, you can see why the president went on such a lonely path to decision, so I don't have to say anything more. Please let the media know all the videos that came out today fairly.
[Reporter]
Why didn't you attend the arrest suit yourself?
[Excited]
I have to go get a warrant.
[Reporter]
Why isn't the president going in person?
[Excited]
I'm under investigation right now.
[Reporter]
Investigation now...
[Anchor]
I was listening to lawyer Bae Jin-han, the president's lawyer who is leaving after the second round of impeachment hearings. I asked to change the hearing date, but it was not accepted. Today, the president was detained in the Seoul Detention Center after the second investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit yesterday, so he was not able to appear on the day of the Constitutional Court's hearing. To sum up the words of the president's lawyer, the hearing date is currently suspended at the Constitutional Court.
If you look at what the president said, it was a desperate decision that the country should not be in a dangerous situation, and you will soon see why the president made a lonely decision, hoping to convey this to the people. I'll tell you again. The second hearing date for the impeachment trial is now underway. It's a recess.
During the recess, the lawyer, who was dispatched to the president's side, talked to reporters several times. I asked to change the hearing date, but it was not accepted, and the president was detained after his arrest, so I was unable to attend today. The president's side made a much-needed decision in that the country should not be in a dangerous situation.
He said he will soon find out why the president made a lonely decision. Also, it is natural for the president to receive a lot of reports on fraudulent elections and to reveal suspicions related to them. It is the president's responsibility. I've revealed this. I'll give you more detailed news as soon as I get it. Let's continue the conversation with the two of you. We came after looking at the constitutional situation. I'll also look into the investigation. Yesterday, the second investigation into the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was conducted, and the president continued to exercise his right to remain silent. This is a strategy, right?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
I did what I had been professing to do in the first place. In fact, since the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit does not have the right to investigate, it is impossible to tell the details, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit organized the interrogation case well, so it would have been difficult to ask everything. The investigation records held by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit were limited. The investigation records handed over by the prosecution were also limited.
I've only handed over a few statements, but I haven't handed over a lot of specific investigation data. Also, the police special team filled out a questionnaire and gave it to me. I didn't hand over the investigation records. So, it was not a comprehensive interrogation by receiving the investigation records of the police special team, but a limited question they had, so even if you answer this, you will have a richer question when you go to the prosecution later. As for the rich questions, there will be questions that reflect all the circumstances of the facts, but then it may not add up. Therefore, I think it was right not to answer the interrogation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit even strategically now.
[Anchor]
It's not that he didn't say anything at all, but declaring martial law is the president's own authority. He said he told this story.
[Yoon Ki-chan]
I think it's all a statement. We sit down and talk for 5 or 10 minutes. I think that's what I said then. Then I went into the interrogation. The reason why that's true is that at first, he didn't answer to the acknowledged newspaper. The interrogation begins with the acknowledged newspaper. However, before the interrogation begins, the prosecutor in charge and the suspect exchange a few words with each other. I think I probably talked about it on the spot, and after the actual newspaper began, it was reported that I probably didn't talk about it at all from the Injeong newspaper.
[Anchor]
Both of them were lawyers, but lawmaker Park Joo-min, who was a lawyer, said, "It's a performance level today," and the reason why he didn't attend today was because the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said enough yesterday, so he refuses to comply with the second investigation by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit today. That's what I said. It's about performance. In what sense should I look at it?
[Early Delayed]
It is already said that the investigation rights of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit are illegal and that the investigation rights of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit are invalid, and it is expected to continue this claim. How can we respond to such an investigation? It was expected from the beginning. However, is it possible to say nothing because of the president's personality?
There were some people who expected that the prosecutor investigating the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit could not survive without talking about it himself, but I think he said that before the Injeong Newspaper. It's not meaningful as a statement and it's not his defense related to the alleged rebellion, but he didn't tell the Constitutional Court that he told it enough during the investigation.
So, as a whole, the constitutional trial process and the future investigation process, the president does not seem to be willing or ready to disclose his innocence or reveal the injustice of the reason for impeachment by legally refuting it step by step. As it is expected to go all the way to the end by continuing to make a political stance, Rep. Park Joo-min evaluates the entire process as a performance that is not seen as an actual legal response.
[Yoon Ki-chan]
But in fact, I think the execution of warrants by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is a performance. Because I've said several times through my lawyers that even if the president leaves anyway, I'll exercise my right to refuse to make a statement. Then, you took him and sat him down for 48 hours, and you obviously knew he wouldn't say anything, but you mobilized 1,200 people to arrest him. Originally, it was the execution of an arrest warrant with basic doubts about whether there was a need for an arrest. So, is this a huge performance by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit with cameras? Is that the president's performance?
[Anchor]
We're showing you the Seoul Detention Center on the left and the Seoul Central District Court on the right. As I said, President Yoon has been detained for about 18 hours in the Seoul Detention Center. An arrest investigation will be held at the Seoul Central District Court from 5 p.m. shortly.
As I have told you many times, the arrest suit is a process of review that the president requested the Seoul Central District Court to judge the arrest warrant itself issued by the Seoul Western District Court once again, saying it is illegal. It would be nice if you could tell me, the lawyer. The arrest case begins at 5 o'clock, and whether this is the president's winning move or just a strategy to drag on time. If we don't request an arrest warrant within 48 hours of our arrest, we have to release it.
But I heard that the time it takes to be arrested like this doesn't count. So it's a strategy to drag on time, there are criticisms like this, or this is also a strategy to go to trial. [Choi Yeon] I think this is a performance. It's a meaningless legal process.
And the application to the Central District Court, not the court that issued the arrest warrant, is a performance to repeat the claim that the warrant requested by the Western District Court so far is illegal and invalid. Don't you see that there is no chance of being admitted at all? That's why yesterday's arrest execution was the same. It's all procedures that have been done legally according to the law.
Rather than calling such a procedure a performance, the request for an arrest suit filed with the Central District Court to maintain the justification for a claim that cannot be legally recognized while denying the procedure under the law must be seen as a performance, and I don't think this process is a time-consuming process or a strategy to bring future trials to an advantageous phase. I think it's just a continuation of meaningless procedures to solidify the cause of the argument that has been maintained so far.
[Anchor]
As the arrest suit told you, it is scheduled for 5 o'clock in a little while. If the president is present, there will be a movement in Seoul Detention Center in a while. We'll let you know when the breaking news comes in. Will the President attend the arrest suit in person? How do you see it?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
This is an interrogation because there is a high possibility that he will not attend. The judge asks the prosecution or the suspect. The lawyer is likely to answer, but if the president is present, he is likely to appeal to the effect that there is no need to continue arresting, and it is a little more legal for the lawyer to talk about the rest of the procedural illegality.
Therefore, if you compare it after applying for an actual arrest suit, there is a high possibility that you will not attend. Because the main thing to be discussed in the arrest suit is illegality rather than inadequacy. It is problematic that the Western District Court issued it, whether the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has the right to investigate, whether it is legal for police to be mobilized and dispatched in the execution process, and whether various requirements under the Military Facility Protection Act were met at the time of entry, and these will be issues, so it seems that the actual lawyers' comments may be more reasonable, so there is a possibility to appeal that part.
Another thing is that I don't think the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit can take issue with the jurisdiction of the Central District Court. Because in the case of former Minister Kim Yong-hyun in the past, he applied for an arrest warrant with the Eastern District Court with inches in the Eastern Detention Center. Therefore, there is no room to raise questions about jurisdiction.
Second, there is no principle of unity of judges. Although there is a principle of unity of prosecutors. Therefore, the lawyers may have decided that it is a little more advantageous to be judged before several judges, and from that point of view, there is only one judge in charge of the arrest suit now, but it is actually a part. Usually, the collegiate division is in charge of the chief manager, but Judge Lee Myung-bak comes out and conducts an arrest suit. So in the end, wasn't it the intention of the lawyers who wanted to be judged by the authoritative side? Therefore, unlike the lawyer, I am not without possibility.
[Anchor]
I saw that there was a possibility that it could be accepted. On the screen, we continue to show you the Seoul Detention Center at this time. An arrest investigation will be held at the Seoul Central District Court at 5 p.m., so if the president is present, there will be a move in front of the detention center. If you see the movement, we'll let you know once again.
We're going to point out the next keyword. Let's look at the next keyword. The next keyword is reversal. Let's look at the results of today's NBS poll. The investigation period is three days from 13 days to yesterday. So, it can be seen that the issue of arrest warrants is slightly reflected.
It has been confirmed that the power of the people is ahead of the Democratic Party. The people's power was 35% and the Democratic Party's approval rating was 33%. The public's support rate for power increased by 3 percentage points compared to last week. In the case of the Democratic Party, it was down 3 percentage points. I wonder how the Democratic Party is taking this.
[Early Delayed]
It's a nerve-racking result. So, the Democratic Party should be very nervous about narrowing the approval rating of the party or reversing the trend, such as today's NBS survey, although it raised the credibility of the survey on the first few surveys with unusually high presidential approval ratings.
[Anchor]
Of course, we can't guarantee that it's ahead or behind because it's a point of contact within the margin of error, but anyway, it would be good for us to see this trend.
[Early Delayed]
In terms of factors, it is likely that conservatives and middle-class people who are conservative and critical of the Democratic Party have responded actively ahead of the execution of the arrest warrant, and there are likely to be oversampling factors in the sampling process.It is clear that the Democratic Party's approval rating is stagnant due to the overall trend of public opinion, while the public's support rate is concentrated by the supporters.
[Anchor]
The response rate was quite high.
[Early Delayed]
Considering that aspect in many ways, the Democratic Party of Korea has been stabilized as a ruling party since the president was arrested anyway. If the Democratic Party takes the lead in solving the situation in which the people are very anxious and the economy and people's livelihoods are poor after the emergency rule, the instability and uncertainty caused by the emergency rule have been removed anyway, so if the Democratic Party shows good performance and increases its approval rating one by one, this trend could change soon.
[Anchor]
You analyzed that the trend can change, and we looked at the party's approval rating. On the other hand, there are also public opinion polls on the theory of regime change and the re-creation of power. Please show us. We need to change the government. 48% and 41% said they wanted to reinvent the government. How do you see it in terms of the power of the people?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
First of all, regime change is higher than regime re-creation, but the Democratic Party's approval rating does not keep up with the approval rating of regime change. Then, if you look at the Democratic Party's approval rating, in fact, if you look at the ideological topography, it used to be progressive, conservative, and moderate, but now it is 3, 4, and 3. So it depends on whether the middle is 4 or 3. So there's also a 40% view of progress.
From the Democratic Party's point of view, there is no room for a breakaway in the supporters. So, other than the two sides' supporters, the people's power seems to reach the level of the two sides' support, and in the case of the Democratic Party, if the progress is 40, there is no slight deviation from the supporters.
And then there are fewer supporting parties. In this part, the two sides unite, but the problem is that the part where the progressive party's approval rating cannot keep up with the change of government rather than the re-creation of the government is a little bit trending, and if it becomes solid, the Democratic Party will be worried.
[Anchor]
We are showing the results of the election perception survey on the next president. 48% of the respondents said that opposition candidates should be elected to change the government, but 53% in the same survey last week. There is a 7% point difference. In addition, 41% of the respondents said that the ruling party candidate should be elected to re-create the government. Last week's survey showed that it was 37%. I compared it to you.
Let's look at the results of the next survey. This is the result of the survey on the suitability and favorability of the next president. Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is 37%, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is 28%, and it is a survey on the favorability of presidential candidates. Former CEO Han Dong-hoon showed 24% and Daegu Mayor Hong Joon Pyo showed 24%. Please show us the suitability of the next president. Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, showed 28% and Minister Kim Moon-soo 13%. Let's start with this graphic. Minister Kim Moon-soo is making strides in the presidential fitness, how do you see it?
[Yoon Ki-chan]
It's unusual for me, too. However, in the case of Minister Kim Moon-soo, he did not greet even when the Democratic Party of Korea asked him to apologize after the martial law incident. So, aside from the party's burden, I think this reflects what the supporters think he will fight for Minister Kim Moon-soo. I don't know if that will continue, but in this situation where supporters are gathered, I think it is a figure of expression of support for someone who gives faith that they will fight from the standpoint of the united supporters.
[Anchor]
However, there is a slight difference between the suitability and favorability of the next president. What's the difference?
[Early Delayed]
I think the middle class's tendency to respond has been divided.
[Anchor]
Minister Kim Moon-soo is not seen in the favorability rating.
[Early Delayed]
That's right. The reason why Minister Kim Moon-soo is high in fitness is to actively fight in the current situation. As the lawyer said, it seems that the gathering of strong conservatives is gathering with Minister Kim Moon-soo. However, in general, would Minister Kim Moon-soo have moderate expansion in the middle class?
If the actual presidential election phase unfolds, it is unlikely that Minister Kim Moon-soo will make further strides in this current support, but rather Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Hong Joon Pyo, who has an expansionary middle class, or an active support base. Also, since there are potential supporters of former emergency committee chairman Han Dong-hoon, who has yet to appear after the incident, it is difficult to see the figures now, whether they are fit or favorable to the next presidential candidate.
[Anchor]
It is true that the people's power is rising anyway in terms of party approval ratings, and this was also mentioned in President Yoon's video statement yesterday. In particular, President Yoon mentioned the support of young people. Let's listen to it first.
[Anchor]
The word youth also appeared in handwritten letters released through SNS. Recently, many people and young people said that they were glad to recognize the crisis situation in Korea and to inform and appeal to the national crisis situation. Rep. Lee Joon-seok of the New Reform Party evaluated this today. Let's listen to it.
I'll tell you the news that just came in. We told you that the arrest suit filed by the president will be held at 5 p.m. shortly. The president says he will not attend the arrest suit. I'm telling you what just came in as a breaking news. Lawyer Seok Dong-hyun said. President Yoon Suk Yeol has decided not to appear today on the date of the arrest suit interrogation, and there is a breaking news that lawyers Bae Jin-han, Kim Gye-ri, and Seok Dong-hyun are scheduled to appear as lawyers.
I'll give it to you again. At 5 p.m. today, an arrest investigation requested by the president is scheduled at the Seoul Central District Court. The president has decided not to attend today. Instead, the lawyers will be present. Today, there was a breaking news that lawyers Bae Jin-han, Kim Gye-ri, and Seok Dong-hyun will appear instead as lawyers.
We're showing you the Seoul Detention Center on the screen right now. At this time, the president has been detained for about 18 hours at the Seoul Detention Center. The president has decided not to attend today's arrest hearing at the Seoul Central District Court. Let's talk about this with the two of you. In the end, the president decided not to attend the arrest investigation, right? That's what the lawyer said earlier.
[Yoon Ki-chan]
As I said earlier, there are many legal parts that will be mainly dealt with in the arrest suit. So, even though the Western District Court has jurisdiction, whether the claim is justified, and whether the warrant excludes Articles 110 and 111 of the Criminal Act is appropriate, secondly, the forgery problem related to the seal is also rising.
Next, who is the permit holder? These are all legal issues. And whether the police sent about 500 people to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and participated in the execution of the warrant is legitimate, so most of the facts can be judged by the court without listening to the president. Therefore, it seems that they are not participating, and if they participate, they will be rather cumbersome due to security issues, so I think they might have considered that as well.
[Anchor]
Attendance of the party is not a duty, is it?
[Early Delayed]
That's right. It's all legal arguments, and the actual president doesn't have to go and meet the interrogation date, and in fact, what lawyers will claim is known, right? Because of the issues of investigative power and jurisdiction, as well as Articles 110 and 111 of the Criminal Law, they have been arguing until now. However, due to the importance of the matter, the Central District Court is expected to hold an interrogation date and collect sufficient opinions. We cannot rush to a conclusion about the results now, but there have been three judgments related to the Western District Court so far.
The judge of the Western District Court, who was in charge of the objection to the issuance of an arrest warrant, said there was no violation of the law, pointing out the problems of the jurisdiction of the public power lawyers, the investigation rights of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and Articles 110 and 111 of the Criminal Code, even though he is not a judge biased toward the point where the public power criticizes it.
[Anchor]
At that time, I remember dismissing the objection itself as wrong. So the objection itself is not appropriate, so I think he said, "Apply for an arrest suit like this later."
[Early Delayed]
Some pointed out that, but there was also a judgment on the content. Since I continued to insist on this part, the judicial judgment on that part was also expressed in the appeal decision.
[Anchor]
I see. We will talk about this part with the lawyer in the future. I'll cut down on Jungkook's news today. Yoon Ki-chan, the power of the people, and Jo Ki-yeon, vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, were with the two. Thank you.
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