Yoon's impeachment trial vs Lee Jae-myung's appeal trial... Whose side is "Time"?

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The competition between the ruling and opposition parties is intensifying as the Constitutional Court's impeachment trial against President Yoon Suk Yeol has accelerated and the appeals trial for violation of the election law by Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung has begun in earnest.

Reporter Kim Eung-gun analyzed the functional relationship between the two cases undergoing judicial proceedings and the presidential election.

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The day after Yoon's arrest, the People's Power focused on the issue of the trial of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party.

The impeachment trial of President Yoon is speeding up, but representative Lee's trial is not.

[Kwon Young-se / People's Power Emergency 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]

The ruling party's presidential election camp, including Ahn Cheol Soo and Yoo Seung Min, also urged Lee's trial to proceed as soon as possible, saying it should reduce political turmoil.

[Ahn Cheol Soo / People's Power: Representative Lee Jae-myung's first trial ruling came out on November 15. So, the second trial should come out on February 15th and the final trial should come out on May 15th.] If the trial proceeds as stipulated by the


Act, Lee's appeal ruling could come out before the decision of the impeachment trial of President Yoon.

The Democratic Party, on the other hand, dismisses the power of the people on the defensive as only trying to turn their attention to Lee's representative issue.

[Lee Kun-tae / Democratic Party of Korea member: To defend the criminal of civil war, with Lee Jae-myung's case, which has nothing to do with watering down....]

However, as a series of recent polls show that the ruling and opposition party's approval ratings have narrowed to the margin of error, there are internal voices that the Democratic Party of Korea has not responded properly to the impeachment process.

[Jung Sung-ho / Minjoo Party member: Party leaders are coming up with stronger measures to stabilize people's livelihoods]
Because of
, Democrats are also refining their strategy to show their face as an authorized party, calling for an early impeachment trial.

The court has also recently accelerated its trial, saying it will focus on Lee's appeal,

In the upcoming early presidential election, competition to win a favorable timetable and win public opinion is expected to intensify.

I'm Kim Eunggun of YTN.