Opposition 'martial' argument, was right in the end...Fake News Criticism Overshadowed

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Within the Democratic Party of Korea, the Yoon Suk Yeol government's "commitment theory" has been steadily circulating since three months ago.

The power of the people has criticized it as irresponsible instigation and fake news, but martial law has finally become a reality.

Reporter Lee Jun-yeop reports.

[Reporter]
The first time the opposition party raised the theory of martial law was Kim Byung-joo, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea's Supreme Council.

When he was a candidate for the Supreme Council, Kim Yong-hyun, the former chief of security, was appointed as the Minister of National Defense at the August National Convention to prepare for "committal" when the "impeachment political situation" came.

[Kim Byung-joo / Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party (August 18): When we go to impeachment of the Yoon Suk Yeol, there are public concerns about whether it is a child who declares martial law and mobilizes the military.]

It was Kim Min-seok, the supreme council member, who lit the fire in earnest after the national convention.

The sudden replacement of the defense minister and President Yoon's remarks on anti-state forces continued to claim that impeachment was in mind, and representative Lee Jae-myung also mentioned it himself.

[Kim Min-seok / Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party (August 21): My well-founded conviction is that the core of the recent trend of the administration, which leads to the president's unexpected remarks on anti-state forces, is a martial law preparation operation with local war and the creation of a north wind in mind.]

In September, Supreme Council member Kim proposed an "open discussion" to President Yoon or figures in the presidential office, and proposed an amendment to the martial law law that requires them to obtain consent from the National Assembly when martial law is declared.

In particular, former students from Chungam High School, President Yoon's alma mater, were placed in the defense minister, the intelligence unit, the counterintelligence commander, and the 777 commander, raising suspicions that martial law was in mind.

[Kim Min-seok / Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party (September 20): We are here to propose the Act on the Prevention of the Pro-Wi Coup and the Act on the Spring of Seoul under the guise of martial law, reflecting the demands of the people.]

The power of the people has criticized the martial law theory as a ghost story and fake news outside of common sense, saying, "Is the state affairs a joke?"

CEO Han Dong-hoon has also repeatedly demanded that if there is any information he doesn't know, disclose it, and provide specific grounds.

[Han Dong-hoon / Representative of People's Power (September 2) : Are you saying that the president is preparing martial law without our knowledge? If so, please let us know. And if so, please provide a basis.]

However, as martial law, which was unexpected even by the ruling party, turned out to be a reality, the opposition party's repeated claims of martial law were correct.

I'm YTN's Lee Junyeop.