[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a public statement five days later, effectively denying the charge of rebellion, saying that the declaration of emergency martial law is an act of governance that is not subject to judicial review.
There was no mention of his future, such as his resignation, and he said he would fight back confidently, whether impeached or investigated, indicating his intention to engage in a legal dispute at the Constitutional Court.
I'm connecting with a reporter from the presidential office to find out more. Reporter Kang Min-kyung!
President Yoon Suk Yeol has repeatedly emphasized the legitimacy of declaring martial law, strongly criticizing the big opposition?
[Reporter] President Yoon Suk Yeol, who had been silent
, made an additional public statement in five days.
This morning, we distributed a 29-minute pre-recorded video and a statement at the same time at around 9:42, the main content of which was an appeal for justification for declaring martial law.President
Yoon stressed that emergency martial law is aimed at protecting and restoring the constitutional order and the national constitution by informing the people of the crisis of the collapse.
He said the reason for sending troops to the National Assembly was to symbolically inform the devastating behavior of the big opposition and to maintain order in case citizens flock.He also explained that if
had tried to paralyze the function of the National Assembly, martial law would have been invoked on weekends, not weekdays.President
Yoon aimed at the Democratic Party of Korea, which is accused of rebellion, saying that it is somehow creating numerous false incitements to bring down the president by creating a crime of rebellion.
He raised his voice, saying, "What on earth is a two-hour civil war?" and asked back, "Why is the big opposition rushing to impeach with false incitement?"President
Yoon raised his voice, saying that the large opposition party is trying to avoid the president's impeachment and hold an early presidential election when the president's conviction is imminent.President Yoon
reiterated that the president's exercise of emergency martial law is not subject to judicial review, such as the exercise of amnesty and diplomatic rights, saying he was trying to protect the liberal democracy and constitutional order of the Republic of Korea against such opposition parties.
Analysts say that the prosecution, as well as the opposition party, refuted that it was not a crime of rebellion against President Yoon as the head of the charge of rebellion, and that it may have virtually prepared for the Constitutional Court's review of the impeachment bill in the future.
[Anchor]
Did President Yoon mention his future?
He also strongly criticized the progress of his impeachment, so please tell us about this.
[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol has strongly criticized the Democratic Party, saying, "Crazy sword-dancers here and there are now and there, where and what the hell did they do until the country came to this state,"
I said I would fight with the people until the last minute, and I appealed to them to believe in my hot loyalty to them.President
Yoon did not comment on his future course of action.
However, he said he would stand up to it proudly whether he was impeached or investigated.
In fact, it is read as a declaration that he will reject the demand for "self-resignation" or "Haya" and stand on the impeachment bench.
[Anchor]
It is said that President Yoon himself explained the controversial deployment of martial law forces in the NEC.
Please tell this part, too.
[Reporter]
In today's statement, President Yoon directly mentioned the suspicion of election fraud by the NEC, saying that there were more serious things that had not been revealed in the declaration of martial law.
Recalling North Korea's hacking attacks on constitutional institutions such as the NEC in the second half of last year,
It said there was a North Korean hacking attack on the
election commission and some checks confirmed problems with the computer system.
When an NIS employee tried to hack as a hacker, he pointed out that data could be manipulated as much as possible and there was virtually no firewall.
In fact, President Yoon directly mentioned the suspicion of "fraudulent election" proposed by former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.President
Yoon emphasized how the people can trust the results of the election when the computer system that manages the election, which is the core of democracy, is such a mess.
He stressed that he ordered the defense minister to inspect the NEC's computer system this time because it was virtually impossible to search or investigate by warrant.It is evaluated that President
Yoon paid attention to announcing the legitimacy of his declaration of martial law throughout the 29-minute discourse.
It is a very different position from the announcement five days ago that he would appoint all powers, including his term, to our party, or the ruling party, and is expected to be the biggest variable in the impeachment vote, which is only two days away.
I'm Kang Min-kyung of YTN in the presidential office in Yongsan.
Filmmaker: Jung Tae-woo
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