The Defense Secretary's first position on "emergency martial law proposal"... "I'll take responsibility and resign."

[Anchor]
Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who proposed emergency martial law to President Yoon Suk Yeol, made his first position since the incident.

He said he was sorry for causing confusion and concern to the people, and that he took responsibility for everything and expressed his resignation to the president.

I'm reporter Park Hee-jae.

[Reporter]
Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, who proposed emergency martial law to President Kim Yoon Suk Yeol,
It has been a long time since the outbreak of the
incident, and the martial law was lifted and the first position was made 14 hours later.

First of all, I took the first hint that I felt responsible and sorry for causing confusion and concern to the public regarding emergency martial law.

At the same time, all the soldiers who performed their duties in relation to emergency martial law affairs,
Secretary
said he followed his own instructions and that he was responsible for all the responsibilities.

After martial law, there was a command to lead the martial law army, led by Army Chief of Staff Park An-soo, but

In fact, Minister Kim himself was the real subject of martial law.

In fact, Minister Kim reportedly recommended President Park An-soo as the commander of the president.

At that time, there were observations that Kim Myung-soo, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the number one military officer, would be the commander of martial law, but since he was a graduate of the Naval Academy,
Analysts say that President Park An-soo, who is from the same Korea Military Academy as Minister Kim himself, may have been considered first.

The background of key military officials who are known to have overseen the mobilization of troops in this martial law is also noticeable.

Special Forces Commander Kwak Jong-geun, who oversees special warfare forces known to have been mobilized for martial law forces,

Similarly, Lee Jin-woo, the commander of the water defense command, who commands the mobilized troops of the Capital Defense Command, is a so-called "military man" like Minister Kim.

Against this backdrop, Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun is in a position to take responsibility for all martial law and the resulting confusion.

He added that he expressed his resignation to the president.

As the president has to repair it, attention is being paid to what kind of position he will take.

I'm Park Heejae of YTN.