Disagreements within the ruling party on 'Leaving the President'...Democratic Congress for Impeachment

[Anchor]
The emergency martial law has been lifted, but there is a strong aftermath in politics.

Within the power of the people, there were calls for the defection of President Yoon Suk Yeol, and the Democratic Party of Korea will hold a national convention to push for the impeachment of the president shortly.

I'm connecting to the National Assembly, reporter Kim Da-yeon!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
Has the final policy been set in the ruling party?

[Reporter]
Not yet. Since 7 a.m., a closed Supreme Council meeting has been held under the chairmanship of Han Dong-hoon, and now the emergency general meeting of lawmakers is underway for nearly four hours. Based on the results of the Supreme Council meeting, the final policy is expected to be decided at the emergency meeting. In the closed-door top committee, it was found that the demand for Yoon Suk Yeol's defection, the resignation of the cabinet, and the reprimand of those responsible, including the defense minister, were mentioned as follow-up measures.

However, following the meeting of the Supreme Council, there are reportedly strong differences within the party over the issue of the president's defection at the general meeting of lawmakers. Participants in the meeting told YTN that Yoo Young-ha and others mentioned the case of former President Park Geun Hye's impeachment and said it needed to be considered in terms of re-creation of the regime. Inside the ruling party, the uncomfortable atmosphere between the lawmakers who participated in the vote on the demand for the lifting of martial law at the National Assembly early this morning and the lawmakers at the party's headquarters at a similar time is also read. Most of the 18 lawmakers who voted are classified as close aides to Han, and there is also an atmosphere of doubt about the intentionality of lawmakers, saying that many lawmakers could not gather at the National Assembly due to the back-and-forth announcement by the floor leadership. However, floor leader Choo Kyung-ho stressed that it was difficult to enter the National Assembly and that he did not have any communication with the president's office.

[Anchor]
What did you talk about at the Democratic Party's general meeting?

[Reporter]
The Democratic Party called for the president's voluntary resignation in a resolution.

This declaration of emergency martial law, which does not comply with any requirements, is a 'insurrection act' that is a serious violation of the constitution and law.

At the same time, he said he would start impeachment proceedings if he did not step down on his own.

The plan is to propose impeachment today, report it tomorrow, and push for a resolution 24 hours later.

The Democratic Party is also calling on the ruling party to join the impeachment.

Jin Sung-joon, chairman of the policy committee, even said he was also communicating with Han Dong-hoon, the representative of Han drew a line, but some members of the ruling party are openly saying that impeachment discussions are inevitable.

The Democratic Party of Korea announced an emergency meeting shortly after 12 p.m. under the name of "Calling for the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol and pushing for impeachment."

Opposition lawmakers, including the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, are also participating.

Chairman Woo Won-sik also canceled all external schedules in consideration of the severity of the situation and said he would wait and watch the situation at the National Assembly's office for the time being.

[Anchor]
Let's go back to when the emergency decree was declared.

It is said that the National Assembly just released CCTV, what are the images?

[Reporter]
The police controlled the outskirts of the National Assembly and martial law forces entered.

The National Assembly Secretariat explains that within 30 minutes of declaring martial law, the police closed the outer door of the National Assembly, and the Ministry of National Defense also began landing helicopters around the same time.

In the process, at least 280 armed martial law soldiers entered the compound.

He then explained that after the National Assembly voted to lift martial law, the withdrawal began at 1:11 a.m. and all martial law troops withdrew at 2:03 a.m.

The secretariat emphasized that it will thoroughly grasp the physical damage and losses caused by the martial law declaration and hold legal responsibility for violations until the end.

I'm YTN's Kim Dayeon in the National Assembly.