Even if the impeachment doesn't pass, there's a variable?"Article 51 of the Constitutional Jae Act" [Y Record] that Chin Yoon-gye is paying attention to.

■ Host: Kim Sun-young Anchor
■ Starring: Kim Ki-heung, former deputy spokesperson for the president's office, Jang Hyun-joo, vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea's legal committee

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◇Anchor> If we go to the Constitutional Court, we are interested in whether it will be approved today, and whether it will be cited or rejected, but now the pro-Yoon-gye and Yoon Seok-yeol Yoon Suk Yeol are talking about Article 51 of the Constitution. Please explain what this is and how likely it is to be accepted.

◆Jang Hyun-joo> So it's about Article 51 of the Constitutional Court Act. How it is stipulated is that the impeachment proceedings may be suspended when the impeachment proceedings are in progress for the same reason and when the criminal proceedings are in progress for the same reason. In the end, since it is a voluntary regulation, the court judges and eventually impeaches it, but if the same reason is in criminal proceedings, the conclusion may be different and the impeachment proceedings may be suspended for a little while.

In fact, there are cases. Earlier this year, prosecutor Son Jun-sung was being impeached, but he was also facing criminal proceedings. Because it was for the same reason, the Constitutional Court suspended the impeachment trial process. But even though the president probably claims this article, can the impeachment of the president and the impeachment lawsuit against one of the many prosecutors be considered the same?

I think the Constitutional Court judges will definitely judge this properly at their discretion. Of course, the continued length of the president's acting system does not fit in the constitutional procedure of Korea, so it is expected that the impeachment trial process will be completed as soon as possible regardless of these claims.

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