[On-site Video+] President Yoon said, "Unlawful warrant request, questionable whether it fits the rule of law."

[Anchor]
President Yoon will announce his position on the court's issuance of an arrest warrant and a search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is suspected of being the head of a rebellion. President Yun

is expected to claim that the issuance of the warrant is illegal.

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[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
I think I told you everything I announced in the morning. As you may have seen in the statement, it is surprising that a warrant requested by an unauthorized agency has been issued, and it is regrettable that the warrant has been requested by the Western District Court without precedent, although the jurisdiction of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has been the Central District Court. And whether it is in the rule of law that illegal warrant claims are issued is illegal and invalid.

[Reporter]
Some point out that the legal issue has been resolved as it was issued on charges of rebellion by the court.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
The issuance does not solve everything, it is a warrant request from an agency that is clearly not authorized by law, and the warrant request process is not transparent. A warrant was requested at 12 p.m. as if it were a military operation, and as I said earlier, a warrant, which should be requested to the Central District Court, went to the Western District Court as if it were a warrant shopping. So if you look at any of the procedures, whether by law or by law, this must be an illegal invalid warrant.

[Reporter]
Are you saying that even if there is a notice of attendance in the future, the president will not attend as he is now?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
You think you comply with due process.

[Reporter]
Do you have any position to attend first or coordinate attendance before the execution of the warrant?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
When the due process proceeds, we will respond confidently to it.

[Reporter]
When it comes to due process, do you mean an institutional investigation other than the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It means that everything, whether it is a procedure or an institution, is carried out according to the law and according to the procedures set by the law.

[Reporter]
According to that, should I arrange it in the position that I can't comply with the current arrest warrant?
[Kap-geun Yoon]
I told you that the current arrest warrant is illegal and invalid.

[Reporter]
Do you have any plans to take legal action against the issuance of the current warrant?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Since the warrant port system is not recognized under the Korean Criminal Procedure Act, there is no way to object. So, there have been discussions among lawyers about the warrant appeal system for a considerable period of time, but it has not been implemented yet, and even looking at this, I think that the warrant appeal system should be introduced urgently.

[Reporter]
Even if you don't respond, there is a possibility of physical conflict if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit tries to execute it, and I wonder if you have any concerns about this.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It seems to be an area that is difficult for lawyers to talk about because it can happen in the field.

[Reporter]
The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said that the warrant says President Yoon is a bribe, what is your position on that?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Basically, the crime of rebellion cannot be established. Insurrection should have a national constitutional purpose and there should be riots. However, there was no purpose of national constitution and no riot. Therefore, the crime of rebellion is a crime that cannot be established in the first place. This is emergency martial law and emergency martial law is the president's authority in the Constitution. The president just exercised his authority as president to protect the national constitutional order.

[Reporter]
Did the president deliver anything after issuing the warrant or talk about it?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
You can think of the position issued by the lawyers as what we received from the president.

[Reporter]
The Constitutional Court is also requesting the submission of documents or data, and I wonder what you will do about this in the future.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
We will comply with all procedures that fit normal and legal procedures for requesting data submission. Whether it's filing a document or filing a witness. However, we will respond firmly to any attempt to violate the law, bypass legal procedures, or promote convenience.

[Reporter]
I fully understand the arguments of the lawyer and the president, but the investigative agency seems to be preparing for the next procedure or securing recruits anyway, so how will you respond to that if the process proceeds even in the process of such disagreement?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
We will respond according to the law. We will respond confidently according to the law in accordance with the legal process.

[Reporter]
If an arrest warrant is issued, isn't it a legitimate legal procedure to respond to the arrest?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
As I said earlier, I told you that the arrest warrant itself is illegal because it is claimed by an unauthorized agency that has no legal basis and the warrant request process or procedure is not normal.

[Reporter]
As you said in such an illegal situation, legal action is not easy, so what else do you plan to do after the arrest warrant is executed?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Depending on the future situation, I will tell you, but I don't think it's what I will tell you now.

[Reporter]
I wonder if you have any plans to submit a lawyer appointment or something like this to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit in the future.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
We don't have any at the moment.

[Reporter]
I heard that the defense team is not yet complete, but is it okay to say that it is completed now to see if anyone has been added to it?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It's not complete, and the configuration is almost complete. However, it is difficult to say that it is completed yet because there are additional people who continue to apply and those who want to join.

[Reporter]
Do you think the court made an illegal decision, too?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Anyway, I am very sorry that the warrant requested by an unauthorized investigative agency has been issued.

[Reporter]
So do you think it's an illegal decision?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Because it is a warrant requested by an unauthorized agency, I am sorry that it was issued.

[Reporter]
As a result, a warrant was issued, but don't you judge it as a strategy mistake?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
I'm afraid not. The President is the head of state and head of administration as stipulated by the Constitution. You have an obligation to defend the law so that it goes on normally. However, it is rather right as a president to deal firmly with areas where such laws are not followed. And the fact that issuing a warrant is not necessarily the right thing and nothing is wrong is often different from issuing a warrant in general criminal cases.

[Reporter]
Then, it is interpreted that the investigation authority is recognized by issuing a warrant, but then it is not recognized because it is the issuance of the wrong warrant?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
That's right.

[Reporter]
The prosecution released data while prosecuting former Minister Kim Yong-hyun. If you look at it, it is said that President Yoon appears more than the defendant Kim Yong-hyun. What did you think about that?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
The indictment is simply absurd. So it's a list of one-sided arguments and it doesn't fit objective circumstances or common sense, we evaluate it that way.

[Reporter]
Should I understand that a legitimate investigative agency's investigation is about the police investigation and the special prosecutor's investigation, and what do you have in mind?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It means that we don't have a specific institution in mind, but we go according to the law, not against the provisions of the law.

[Reporter]
Then, are you going to respond when the special prosecutor's investigation begins?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It's difficult to tell you which investigative agency in advance, but if the procedure set by the law proceeds anyway, if there is no violation, we will confidently respond to it.

[Reporter]
It seems that they will not respond much to the investigation by the investigative agency that is currently conducting the investigation, so can I understand that?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It is difficult to say in detail, and it is difficult to respond to it as a president unless the illegality is resolved.

[Reporter]
What can I do to resolve the illegality?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
What I'm arguing now is that it should be done by an agency with investigative authority, and that the procedure should be justified and the procedure set by the law should be followed.

[Reporter]
Which agency is authorized to investigate?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It must be stipulated in the law.

[Reporter]
Have you not reviewed it internally?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
We are reviewing everything internally. It is not appropriate to reveal it here and it is not a matter that we can choose to do by choosing an investigative agency, and if the investigative agency proceeds according to the law, we will only respond.

[Reporter]
In the past, you said you would comply with criminal proceedings only after a constitutional trial, so how much progress do you mean?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It is right to be dealt with in the constitutional trial because it is not a progression to some extent and this emergency martial law is the exercise of constitutional authority. If so, as the constitutional trial proceeds, a trial for truth between the parties and between the prosecutor and the accused will proceed, and if the case is revealed to some extent in the process, the criminal case can be resolved naturally. Pointing out that he claimed to be an arrest warrant? As I said earlier, the president has a responsibility to keep the law and not just himself, but to ensure that the laws of the Republic of Korea are properly enforced and protected. There is a constitutional responsibility. I was just faithful to that responsibility.

[Reporter]
If the prosecution subpoena...

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative for President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It is difficult to tell you in advance which institution has not been decided.

[Reporter]
As you said earlier, the judgment may differ at the stage of issuing a warrant regardless of whether it is guilty or not, so you can fight for it later in the court, and you should respond to the summons notification of the investigative agency in the current situation where there is no way to appeal against the issuance of the warrant.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative for President Yoon Suk Yeol]
As I mentioned earlier, I told you that the warrant request by the unauthorized agency is illegally invalid, so we will respond according to the procedure.

[Reporter]
Then, he said he would deal with it in the Constitutional Court trial, but if an arrest warrant is requested in the future, the record of the Constitutional Court's investigative agency could also be requested, and then the Constitutional Court will...

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative for President Yoon Suk Yeol]
According to Article 32 of the Constitutional Court Act, investigation records cannot be sent to the Constitutional Court.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol will post his opinion on the emergency martial law on social media.

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative for President Yoon Suk Yeol]
Regarding emergency martial law, we are thinking of giving an opinion at an appropriate time, and above all, the preparation process of the Constitutional Court is underway. So, when the main argument begins, you will probably have an opportunity to come to the Constitutional Court and speak.

[Reporter]
Are you saying that the president will go to the Constitutional Court himself? When do you have any plans?

[Yoon Gap-geun / Representative of President Yoon Suk Yeol]
It sees the deadline progress, so I'm going to go out not once but twice at the right time.