Acting President Han's report to the National Assembly's plenary session on impeachment...a vote tomorrow

First 'acting president' impeachment bill in constitutional history

Opposition initiative...Reasons for 'the veto of the independent counsel on First Lady Kim and Chae Sang-byung'

"Reasons for conspiracy to commit rebellion and announcing joint state administration by Han Dong-hoon

"Avoidance of procedures for permanent independent counsel for rebellion and refuse to appoint constitutional judges"

[Anchor]
The Democratic Party's proposed impeachment of acting president Han Deok-soo was reported at the National Assembly plenary session a little while ago.

The Democratic Party of Korea immediately proposed impeachment after acting president Han repeatedly demanded an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties on the appointment of a constitutional judge in a public statement, and the vote is expected to take place tomorrow.

Let me connect you to the National Assembly. Reporter Lee Junyeop!

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

[Anchor]
Please tell me the details of the impeachment bill, the prospect of the vote, and the details.

[Reporter]
Han Deok-soo's impeachment motion, proposed by the Democratic Party, is the first in constitutional history to impeach the acting president.

There are six major reasons for impeachment.

President Yoon repeatedly exercised his right to demand reconsideration, or veto, in the Kim Gun-hee Special Prosecutor Act and the Chae Sang-byung Special Prosecutor Act,

There are suspicions of conspiring, condoning, or assisting President Yoon's act of emergency martial law and rebellion,
The announcement of a system of 'joint state administration' with former representative Han Dong-hoon after the
martial law,
He cited that the fact that he avoided the process of appointing a permanent special prosecutor in the
rebellion and virtually refused to appoint a constitutional judge was unconstitutional and illegal.

If the impeachment bill is not voted on within 24 hours of reporting and 72 hours, it will be discarded.

The report was made at the plenary session of the National Assembly at around 2 p.m., and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik, who holds the authority to convene the plenary session, also decided to hold the plenary session tomorrow, so a vote is expected tomorrow.

In addition, the ruling party claims more than 200 people applied to the president and the opposition party claims more than 151 people applied to the prime minister as quorum for voting on the impeachment bill.

[Anchor]
There were not many predictions that the impeachment motion would take place today in the first place, but why was it brought forward?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Democratic Party originally planned to wait until tomorrow morning to see whether Han will be appointed as a constitutional judge and decide on the impeachment motion.

However, the atmosphere changed rapidly as acting Han repeatedly demanded an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties on the appointment of a constitutional judge in a public statement at around 1:30 p.m.

At the Democratic Party's general meeting held at the same time, a furious backlash was reported, and after the parliamentary meeting, floor leader Park Chan-dae immediately announced the motion for the impeachment of Han.Floor leader

Park strongly criticized the statement as acknowledging that he was not an acting president, but an acting president for civil war.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: It has become clear that he is a key and major mission worker in the civil war. It also became clear what caused the incomprehensible behavior that had been shown since the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.]

The People's Power, on the other hand, has criticized the Democratic Party's impeachment as a "Korea discount" that destroys international trust by causing a security vacuum and economic uncertainty.

Citing the Constitutional Court's interpretation of the Constitutional Court Act in the past, he also reiterated the claim that the quorum for the impeachment of Han is 200 seats.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: There is only one reason why the Democratic Party of Korea is attacking the impeachment bill despite the destruction of the state administration, but it is calculated to cover up the judicial risks of Chairman Lee Jae-myung with the early presidential election]

[Anchor]
Please also explain what happened to the process of appointing a constitutional judge that triggered the impeachment motion.

[Reporter]
Yes, at the plenary session of the National Assembly a little while ago, the motion to appoint Ma Eun-hyuk and Chung Gye-sun, the constitutional judges recommended by the Democratic Party, and Cho Han-chang, the people's power, were all passed.

As the motion to appoint constitutional judges was passed with a majority of the members present, the opposition party, which took the majority of seats, was able to handle it alone.

Earlier, acting president Han Deok-soo said he had no right to appoint him and that he would not participate in the plenary session vote at all in the case of the power of the people who were absent from the confirmation hearing stage.

However, lawmakers Kim Sang-wook, Cho Kyung-tae, and Han Ji-ah attended the vote against the plan to boycott.

In fact, in the case of candidates Ma Eun-hyuk and Jung Chi-seon, they received 193 votes in favor of the nomination, more than 192 seats in the pan-opposition, and 195 people participated in the anonymous vote on the appointment agreement.

After the vote, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik urged Han to appoint him immediately, saying, "It violates the authority of the National Assembly to demand an agreement even though the act of appointing candidates recommended by the National Assembly is not subject to discussion in the first place."

On the other hand, the People's Power announced that it would file a trial for a dispute over the constitutional authority in the hearing process of the opposition party and apply for a provisional injunction to suspend its effectiveness.

In response, the Democratic Party of Korea protested the ruling party's "constitutional petition" policy, saying that the first appointment of Kwon Young-se, the chairman of the emergency committee, was obstructing the impeachment trial.

Amid the intensifying confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties, about 20 of the bills for people's livelihood agreed upon by the ruling and opposition policy committee chairs are also being processed at today's plenary session.

[Anchor]
The launch of a state affairs consultative body in which both ruling and opposition parties participate is being delayed?

[Reporter]
Yes, the first meeting of the government council, which was originally scheduled to be held today, is in an atmosphere of failure.

The ruling and opposition parties were reportedly scheduled to hold a working-level meeting to launch a consultative body after the plenary session this afternoon,
Kim Sang-hoon, chairman of the People's Power Policy Committee, and Park Hyung-soo, deputy floor leader, visited Chairman Woo in protest as news of the
Democratic Party's impeachment was heard.

At the meeting, the ruling party reportedly protested that the consultative body would not be smooth if the opposition party reported the impeachment bill.

On the other hand, a key Democratic party official criticized the ruling party in a call with YTN, saying it was using the consultative body as a tool to drag its feet, not as state administration.

If the consultative body continues to talk about the wrong things, the schedule will only be delayed, and the party said it is a negative atmosphere for the launch of the consultative body itself.

So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.