"Special Prosecutor for Insurrection, Lee Jae-myung's Early Coronation"..."Actress Choi should accept it."

2025.01.20. PM 11:10
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[Anchor]
The People's Power has publicly asked Acting President Choi Sang-mok to exercise his right to demand reconsideration in the amendment of the "special prosecutor for civil war," which was passed by the opposition party.

The Democratic Party pressed Choi to accept the bill, saying, "Do you want to be the main culprit who gives up the country to the insurgent forces?"

I'm reporter Kang Min-kyung.

[Reporter]
The People's Power continued its offensive, saying that the revision of the Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act, which was enforced by the Democratic Party on the 17th, is a political scheme to make Lee Jae-myung the president.

Although he pretended to accept the ruling party's demand, he left open the possibility of an investigation, left the rules for press briefings to the public, and left all weapons to eliminate Lee's political opponent in the early presidential election.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: The plan is to eliminate all obstacles to Lee Jae-myung's early coronation by mobilizing 130 large-scale personnel and spending tens of billions of won]

Even the president was arrested, so he asked Acting President Choi Sang-mok to exercise the right to request reconsideration, or veto, saying there was no additional investigation left.

[Shin Dong-wook / Senior spokesman for People's Power] Our party members agree a lot on whether the special prosecutor, who has to spend tens of billions of won, is beneficial.]

The Democratic Party of Korea, which passed the Special Prosecutor Act, brought up its duty to protect the Constitution and the law against Acting President Choi Sang-mok.Listing three requirements, including the acceptance and publication of

'civil war independent counsel', he stressed that the confusion in state affairs such as the attack on the Seoul Western District Court can be subsided only when Choi takes the initiative.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: Dragging on is the way to prolong the civil war and make the Republic of Korea lawless.]

The later Choi's acceptance of the independent counsel law, the closer he will be to an accomplice in the rebellion, the higher the level of pressure.

[Jeon Hyun-hee / Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea: Acting President Choi Sang-mok is the main culprit who is destroying the constitutional order of the Republic of Korea and putting the country in crisis.]

The Democratic Party of Korea has accepted the ruling party's demand and excluded the charges of propaganda and instigation of foreign exchange and civil war from the investigation, claiming that the amendment is in fact a special investigation law of the ruling and opposition parties.

Some analysts say that if acting Choi exercises his veto, he will have to re-vote the National Assembly.

However, as the trend of gathering conservatives has recently become stronger and the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the prosecution and police has accelerated due to the arrest of President Yoon, it is unclear how many votes will be cast for the ruling party even if the re-vote becomes a reality.

I'm Kang Min-kyung of YTN.

Reporter for filming
: Lee Sung-mo Han Sang-won
Video editing: Yeon Jin-young
Design: Baek Seungmin



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