Hey, let's start the process of appointing a constitutional judge...Yeo "Agreement first"

Special Committee on the Recognition of Constitutional Judges, held exclusively by the opposition...Chairman of the Committee Park Ji-won

Opposition parties have adopted a plan to carry out confirmation hearings from the 23rd to the 24th

Minjoo "Vote on the Appointment Agreement of the plenary session on the 27th...Enforce the appointment"

[Anchor]
Ahead of the impeachment trial of Yoon Suk Yeol's president, a special parliamentary confirmation hearing committee was held exclusively by the opposition to appoint a vacant constitutional judge.

The ruling party, which announced its absence from the special committee, is protesting, saying that it is impossible for the acting president to appoint a constitutional judge and that the ruling and opposition parties should agree again on the distribution of their share of recommendations.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Son Hyo-jung!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
The ruling and opposition parties are in sharp conflict over the appointment of constitutional judges, so please tell us the status of the special committee on personnel hearings today.

[Reporter]
Yes, a meeting of the special committee on personnel hearings to appoint three candidates for the Constitutional Court recommended by the National Assembly began a while ago with only opposition members present.

Initially, a member of the special committee was appointed as the chairman of the People's Power Party, but when the ruling party declared its absence, the Democratic Party of Korea decided to appoint a new member, Park Ji-won, as the chairman.

The implementation plan to hold a two-day confirmation hearing for the constitutional judge candidate from the 23rd has also been handled alone.

The Democratic Party of Korea says it will push ahead with the process of appointing a constitutional judge after voting on the appointment motion at the plenary session on the 27th, even if the people's power does not enter the confirmation hearing.

In order for the Constitutional Court to hear the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol as a complete "nine-person system," the vacancy should be filled as soon as possible.

Analysts say that it is also based on the calculation that the impeachment trial will be accelerated as much as possible, and an "early presidential election" will be held before representative Lee Jae-myung's second trial sentence or sentence is confirmed.

However, the ruling party refutes that there is a legal problem for acting president Han Deok-soo to appoint a constitutional judge on behalf of the suspended president.

Earlier, the opposition party also took issue with recommending two candidates and one candidate by the ruling party.

A party official told YTN that the existing constitutional judges in the National Assembly are to be recommended by one ruling and opposition parties and one by agreement, and argued that the situation has changed since the impeachment was passed and that it should be discussed again.

In the end, the confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties over the appointment of constitutional judges is expected to intensify amid criticism that it is intended to delay the impeachment trial itself.

[Anchor]
In the midst of this, Kwon Sung-dong, the acting leader of the People's Power Party, and Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, will meet today, right?

[Reporter]
Kwon Sung-dong, the newly elected acting leader of the party after the emergency martial law crisis, will pay a courtesy visit to Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party at 2 p.m.

This is the first meeting since the impeachment motion of President Yoon Suk Yeol was passed by the National Assembly.

Earlier, acting Kwon drew the line that it was a schedule of the nature of meeting to greet each other for the inauguration, but
After the
emergency martial law, there is a possibility that measures to settle the political situation and the appointment of constitutional judges will be dealt with.

In addition, some predict that acting Kwon will seek cooperation for the early appointment of the defense minister and the police chief to the Democratic Party, which has a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

Representative Lee Jae-myung said that the most important thing now is the people's livelihood, and explained that the formation of the ruling and opposition parties' government consultative body proposed earlier could also be mentioned.

[Anchor]
Today, the ruling party continues to discuss who will head the vacant party due to the resignation of former leader Han Dong-hoon, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, at 3 p.m. today, the ruling party will hold an emergency meeting at the National Assembly to discuss the appointment of the emergency committee chairman.

Following the senior meeting on the day before yesterday, the party held a general meeting of lawmakers and agreed that the senior members of the party who are well aware of the party's situation are suitable, but they could not deduce a specific candidate group.

The next chairman of the emergency committee will be in charge of dealing with the party's internal strife, from the shock of the impeachment of President Yoon to the resignation of former Chairman Han Dong-hoon.

First of all, the most prominent figures are Kwon Young-se, Na Kyung-won, and Kim Ki-hyun, five-term lawmakers who have led the party's public opinion in the face of martial law.

With overwhelming support from lawmakers, acting party leader Kwon Sung-dong, who was elected as floor leader, is also coming up with a plan to concurrently serve as chairman of the emergency committee.

A floor official told YTN that it is true that the public opinion that acting president Kwon should even be the chairman of the emergency committee is more prevalent.

However, at the previous general meeting of lawmakers, there were criticisms to the effect that the burden on acting president Kwon would increase, and there are many opinions that a two-top system of emergency committee chairman and floor leader is better to cope with the opposition offensive and impeachment.

However, since all the candidates who are coming out are considered close to President Yoon, some say that it is inappropriate to lead the party's reform.Rep. Kim Sang-wook, who voted in favor of the impeachment motion of President

Yoon, criticized on YTN radio that anyone who shared his tendency with the president or was responsible for the emergency decree should never be a leader.

So far, I'm Son Hyo-jung of YTN in the National Assembly.