A watershed moment for Han's impeachment...Tomorrow's 'Constitutional Judge Appointment' Deadline

Expect to pass the motion for the appointment of three candidates for the Constitutional Court tomorrow
Minjoo put on hold at the last minute of Han's impeachment, saying, "Han should be appointed immediately after the plenary session is processed" Maintaining the 'Promotion Party'
Park Sung-joon said, "Having patience to appoint a constitutional judge."

[Anchor]
The impeachment of Han Deok-soo, acting president, pushed by the Democratic Party of Korea, has reached a watershed.

This is because they are in a position to impeach the Constitutional Court if Han does not immediately appoint it after processing the motion to appoint a constitutional judge at the plenary session tomorrow.

Connect with a National Assembly reporter to find out more. Reporter Lim Sungjae!

Please summarize the positions of the ruling and opposition parties between the appointment of a constitutional judge and the impeachment of Han as acting president.

[Reporter]
Tomorrow's plenary session of the National Assembly is expected to deal with the appointment of Ma Eun-hyuk, Jeong Gye-seon, and Cho Han-chang, candidates for the Constitutional Court.

The Democratic Party of Korea says acting President Han Deok-soo should immediately appoint these three candidates after the parliamentary process.

If this is not implemented, the impeachment will be carried out again as long as it was put on hold at the last minute just before yesterday's motion.

Park Sung-joon, the deputy floor leader, reaffirmed in an MBC radio interview that the suspension of Han's impeachment was a decision to give time and patience to appoint a constitutional judge tomorrow.

It is interpreted as meaning that Han will give another opportunity with the appointment of a constitutional judge at a time when the acting president has not promulgated the independent counsel and Kim's independent counsel law.Let's listen to



[Park Sung-joon / Deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (MBC Radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Attention") : There was an immediate impeachment motion because there was a part that said it could not be overlooked, but it was our floor leadership's judgment to wait until the 26th with time for patience with the people.]

In particular, when Han was impeached, he reiterated his position that more than half of the registered lawmakers, or 151 people, needed to agree.

The emphasis on Han's actions as prime minister before and after the emergency martial law on the 3rd is also read in the same context. In the end, if Han does not appoint a constitutional judge, he is expected to issue an impeachment bill tomorrow afternoon or the day after tomorrow morning.

The people's power, however, is showing a sharp response to the Democratic Party's impeachment drive to the extent that it criticizes this as a "torture behavior."

In the face of the presidential impeachment, the acting impeachment will only cause confusion in state affairs.

In a KBS radio interview, Kim Dae-sik, the party's chief spokesman, criticized the Democratic Party for only trying to completely devastate the ruling party.

Let's hear the related remarks.

[Kim Dae-sik / Senior spokesman for the People's Power Party (KBS Radio's 'Shocking Incident'): If we don't do it by the 24th, we'll impeach you. If we do this by the 26th, we'll impeach you. I think this is the monopoly of legislation and I think this is violence.]

However, he was concerned that there was no way to prevent the majority party's riot at a time when the number of seats was inferior, but if the motion to appoint a constitutional judge is approved tomorrow, he will seek a competition trial.

In addition, unlike the Democratic Party of Korea, the power of the people argues that the consent of 200 lawmakers equivalent to the president is needed to impeach Han.

As the Democratic Party of Korea used the expression "acting for duty" instead of "deputy chairman" in the past when it pushed for the impeachment of the acting chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, the same standard should be applied this time.

Kwon Sung-dong, floor leader of the People's Power, and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, who are currently the heads of the ruling and opposition parties, seem to be struggling with strategies without an official schedule other than attending Christmas events.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Sungjae in the National Assembly.