Acting president Han, who got the ball back...agonizing over the appointment of a constitutional judge

[Anchor]
As the Democratic Party of Korea has suspended the motion for impeachment against acting president Han Deok-soo, the ball seems to have been handed over to acting president Han again.

In fact, it is necessary to decide by today (26th) whether to appoint three candidates for the Constitutional Court, and the choice is expected to determine whether to impeach the acting president for the first time.

I'm reporter Lee Jong Won.

[Reporter]
Acting President Han Deok-soo suspended the introduction of the Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act and the Special Prosecutor Kim Gun-hee Act to the State Council, calling on the ruling and opposition parties to come up with a compromise.

He said that it cannot be promulgated in a situation where the ruling and opposition parties have a large disagreement, and that the issue of appointing constitutional judges is the same.

[Han Deok-soo / Acting President (last 24th): I sincerely hope that the National Assembly will come up with a solution that is consistent with the Constitution and the law, with Chairman Woo Won-sik at the center..]

He postponed all the decisions and handed the ball over to the National Assembly, but he got the ball back that he had handed over in less than a day.

This is because if they are not appointed even after the approval of the appointment of three constitutional judges at the plenary session today (26th), the Democratic Party will launch an impeachment motion that was reserved by the Democratic Party.

[Park Chan-dae/Democratic Party floor leader (last 24th): We have decided to wait patiently for the Constitutional Court and whether our demands are implemented.]

A senior official at the Prime Minister's Office said he also understood the issue of appointing constitutional judges in the position of deciding in accordance with the Constitution and laws, as Han has repeatedly emphasized.

At the same time, he acknowledged that the view of the candidate for constitutional judge, who was led by the opposition party, was not different from that of the ruling party.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader (last 22nd): It's the same as a prosecutor choosing a judge for the case he prosecutes.]

However, at a time when an acting president has vetoed six controversial bills, the appointment of a constitutional judge cannot be postponed due to the limited role of the acting president.

It is also burdensome for the legal profession, as well as the three candidates for constitutional judges, including those recommended by the ruling party, to voice one voice that there is no problem with the process of appointing judges.

In fact, the acting president has to decide on his own whether to prosecute the impeachment of the first acting president, and Han's struggles are deepening that much.

I'm YTN's Lee Jong Won.

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