"Order for the general inspection of the National Election Commission"...Take a step back from raising specific suspicions.

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was the first to plead with the Constitutional Court, repeatedly explained that the suspicion of fraudulent elections was behind the declaration of emergency martial law.

However, he backed down from his previous position, which strongly raised specific suspicions, saying that he ordered the NEC to inspect the computer system.

Reporter Shin Yoon-jung reports.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol argued at the Constitutional Court's hearing that the allegations of fraudulent elections were not true to justify the declaration of emergency martial law.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: Inspection of a very small portion of the National Intelligence Service's computer equipment in October 2023 showed that there were many problems....]

However, he said he ordered an overall inspection of the NEC system, not to search for specific suspicions.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: Let's check the facts, not raise such conspiracy theories that the election is all fraudulent....]

{President Yoon first mentioned the investigation of allegations of fraudulent elections as the background of the declaration of martial law, not when the emergency martial law was declared or lifted, but on the 12th of last month, ahead of the National Assembly's impeachment motion.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President (fourth public statement on the 12th of last month): The NEC is a constitutional institution, and judicial officials are members, so it is virtually impossible to search or investigate by warrant.]

In a letter to the nation released shortly after the arrest on the 14th, he compared it to the case of failing to find the killer and claimed that there was too much evidence of fraudulent elections.

He pointed out that a massive fake ballot was found, that the NEC system was defenseless against hacking and manipulation, and that the total fraudulent election system was in operation, including refusing to confirm voter agreement.

Not only did President Yoon come to the Constitutional Court to directly raise suspicions related to fraudulent elections, but also

The National Assembly continued to criticize sharply as the level of answers changed over whether there was specific evidence.

[Jang Soon-wook / Representatives of the National Assembly : Let's take a look at it because it's questionable. He stepped down like this // It doesn't add up even with what he said himself..]

{President Yoon's lawyers have raised questions about the alleged election fraud, and the battle over the alleged election fraud is expected to intensify at the Constitutional Court trial.

I'm YTN's Shin Yoon Jung.