Kim Lee-soo, former acting president of the Constitutional Court, Song Doo-hwan, former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, and Lee Kwang-beom, former special prosecutor at Naegok-dong residence, were named as co-representatives of the delegation to represent the National Assembly in the impeachment trial of Yoon Suk Yeol.
Rep. Choi Ki-ki of the Democratic Party, the secretary of the National Assembly's impeachment investigation team, said 17 lawyers, including them, are representatives of Chung Cheong-rae, chairman of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee.
Former Constitutional Court Justice Kim Lee-soo heard the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye in 2017, and former Human Rights Commission Chairman Song Doo-hwan also served as a Constitutional Court justice for six years from 2007.
Lee Kwang-beom, a former judge, served as a special prosecutor for the 2012 purchase of former President Lee Myung Bak's Naegok-dong private residence, and is currently working as a representative lawyer for the law firm LKB&Partners.
The National Assembly's impeachment prosecution and representatives, who will insist on citing impeachment against the respondent, Yoon, will hold their first meeting tomorrow, with Kim Jin-han, a lawyer who served as a researcher at the Constitutional Court and a professor at Inha University.
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