Lee Joon-seok, who will turn 40 in March... "If the presidential election is held early, I will seriously consider running." [Y Record]

■ Host: Anchor Park Seok-won, anchor Yoo Da-won
■ Starring: Kim Hyung-joon, chair professor at Baejae University, lawyer Seo Jeong-bin

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◇ Anchor> On the other hand, there is a slight possibility of an early presidential election, and Lee Joon-seok, a member of the New Reform Party, said that he intends to run for president if the early presidential election is held after the end of January. How did you like it?

◆ Kim Hyung-joon> Anyone can run. However, according to the current situation, the ruling party became a division right after the impeachment of President Park Geun Hye in 2016. So the Bareun Party was formed, and in the end, the election was held under a five-party system at that time, right? So, candidate Moon Jae In was elected. It's the same. If you look at it now, the ruling party could be divided. Is there a guarantee that the opposition party will not necessarily be divided? It is said to be a perfect one-way system now, but if the second trial related to the Lee Jae-myung Election Act comes out in February and March and says that the right to run for election will be deprived, can we continue with Lee Jae-myung's system? Of course, if that's the case, other competitors are likely to talk about a plan B, so if it causes conflict, there are parts that can be divided again, so it's hard to predict what will happen in a month in Korean politics. However, if progressives and conservatives are made, conservatives are now toward the power of the people, but there is a possibility that the two parties can be reasonable in the end. So, there may be parts where lawmaker Lee Joon-seok comes in and wants to unify the pan-conservative candidates, so I think everyone wants to run as presidential candidates. It's about how much it's supported by the people, but isn't the presence of the New Reform Party not that big these days? In that sense, the possibility of running is very high because the age is not that high, but rather, the desire to continue to promote oneself and look at the future is very strong.

◇Anchor> According to Lee Joon-seok's story, he is 39 years old now because he is eligible to run for president only when he is over 40 years old. I was born in March, so if the presidential election is held in January next year, I can't go out because I have an age limit, but if it is held after March, I think he said that he is eligible.

◆Kim Hyung-joon> But it was a simple case when the Roh Moo-hyun Roh Moo Hyun was impeached. At that time, he asked me to actively support the Uri Party, so I was caught under the official letter law, but the impeachment period was 63 days. Even though it was that simple, it took 91 days for President Park Geun Hye. So, they ask if it's two or three months, but if you do it for about three months, there are parts that could be March. But many people think the Constitutional Court will end early, but I have a different view. Because it's very likely that legal arguments will conflict and they have different arguments in their own way, I don't know. I don't know because I'm not from the legal profession, but whether this is a crime of rebellion or not. However, in relation to the national constitutional controversy in the criminal law, when we block the state institution established by the Constitution through physical force or prevent the authority, for example, it falls under the national constitutional controversy. Aren't there two crimes of rebellion? There are two kinds of problems, which are the state-owned land and the state-owned land, and even if there was no land deprivation, there is a very high possibility that it could fall under the state-owned land. I think there will be a fierce legal debate over the fact that it is an act of governance in itself, so even if this may take longer than you think, if you look at the case of President Park Geun Hye, it takes about 90 days, about 3 months. And since it's two months later, if you talk about it easily until May, it's divided into cherry blossoms, roses, or heat waves. So, in general, there are many people who predict that the presidential election in May will take place like last time.



Excerpted from the conversation: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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