[Anchor]
While the impeachment motion against Yoon Suk Yeol's president was abandoned due to the ruling party's absence from the vote in the National Assembly, Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People's Power, reiterated the early resignation of the president in an orderly manner.
In a joint statement with Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, he nailed that there would be no involvement in state affairs, including diplomacy, even before President Yoon's resignation.
The
Democratic Party protested that it would push for a special prosecutor for a civil war, downplaying it as a "joint second civil war" between Prime Minister Han and representative Han and the prosecution.
I'm connecting you with a reporter from the National Assembly. Reporter Lim Sungjae!
Please tell me the details of the joint statement.
[Reporter]
Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and representative Han Dong-hoon made a joint public statement at 11 a.m. today.Representative
Han said he believes the majority of the people believes that President Yoon should step down because he cannot run the state affairs normally for the rest of his term.
At the same time, he emphasized that he would minimize the confusion caused to the country and the people by the early resignation of the president in an orderly manner and settle the political situation in a stable manner.
He vowed that President Yoon would not be involved in state affairs, including diplomacy, even before he stepped down, saying that he would quickly reveal specific measures after discussions within the party.
I also mentioned the investigation surrounding the emergency martial law situation,
The government or the party has drawn a line that no one, including the president, will advocate the investigation strictly, without sanctuary and transparent.Representatives
also added that they will hold regular meetings with the Prime Minister at least once a week and come up with measures for major pending issues such as economy, defense and diplomacy to prevent any vacuum in state administration.
Prime Minister Han said that he would run all national functions stably and smoothly with the ruling party, adding that he would thoroughly prepare for security, economy, security, and disasters.
He also asked for the cooperation of the opposition party, saying that passing next year's budget and incidental bills is more important than anything else for the normal operation of state affairs.
Even after the conversation, Han continues to meet with close people such as Park Jung-ha, Jung Sung-guk, and Joo Jin-woo at the company.
It seems that they are sharing the contents of the meeting with Prime Minister Han and discussing future political plans.
[Anchor]
What is the opposition party's position on Prime Minister Han and Representative Han's plan to deal with the political situation?
[Reporter]
Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok held a press conference and dismissed the problem as fundamental without the suspension of President Yoon's duties.
At the same time, he criticized that the martial law situation is turning into a second round of civil war between Prime Minister Han, representative Han, and the prosecution.Supreme Council member
Kim pointed out that Prime Minister Han cannot be the center of state administration under the Constitution, and that he cannot exercise executive control or diplomatic power, and above all, he cannot exercise military leadership except the president.
In addition, the prime minister said that he was the subject of an investigation into a civil war and said that if he agreed to the invocation of martial law at the Cabinet meeting before the emergency martial law, he would become an important participant in the civil war.
He pointed out that he has no legal or political authority to lead the operation of state affairs, saying that he is not in control of the party and is only the leader of the outside party.
There was also criticism regarding the emergency martial law investigation.Supreme Council member
Kim aimed at the prosecution, saying that the prosecution, which shares interests with President Yoon, cannot be the subject of the investigation as it is now.
At the same time, he cut back and said that the National Investigation Headquarters should first investigate and go to the special prosecutor's office.
At the same time as the National Assembly's investigation, it added that the National Assembly will quickly pass the independent counsel for civil war so that the investigation can be conducted in cooperation with the military prosecution.
The Democratic Party of Korea will also hold an emergency general meeting of lawmakers at 5 p.m., following the closed-door supreme council at 4 p.m. to discuss countermeasures in the government and ruling party statements released today.
In the process, CEO Lee Jae-myung's press conference is also scheduled.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik also held an emergency conference and criticized that the Prime Minister's statement had neither the Constitution nor the people.
In particular, he said the party-government announcement was arrogant, ignoring popular sovereignty and the constitution, and suggested a meeting between the ruling and opposition parties to immediately suspend the president's duties.
So far, I'm YTN Lim Sungjae in the political department.
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