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The ruling and opposition parties are keen to try again for "Yoon's arrest."an emergency meeting for the weekend

2025.01.04 AM 11:12
[Anchor]
Politicians are paying keen attention to the timing and success of the re-execution of the warrant for the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

The ruling and opposition parties will convene a series of emergency meetings today, the weekend, to seek countermeasures.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Na Hye-in, please tell us about the situation in the National Assembly.

[Reporter]
First, the People's Power convened an emergency general meeting of emergency members at 2 p.m. today.

It is a place to discuss the direction of the party's response at a time when the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is likely to try to re-enforce President Yoon's arrest warrant by the day after tomorrow.

It is understood that today's general meeting was the first requested by Rep. Kang Seung-gyu, a pro-Yoon-gye.

In the parliamentary group chat room, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit excessively executed the warrant yesterday, and the presidential security office asked the floor leadership to convene a meeting with the claim that it was justified.

Some in the ruling party seem to agree with President Yoon's claim that he has no right to investigate allegations against the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

Rep. Na Kyung-won said on social media that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit should immediately stop the illegal forced investigation, and insisted that this is a real civil war.

The ruling party is also taking issue with the National Assembly's impeachment investigation team, which consists of only opposition figures, deciding to remove the charges of rebellion from the impeachment trial of President Yoon.

It is a trick to avoid the "trial risk" of Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung by reaching a conclusion as soon as possible.

However, there are concerns within the party that it could be seen as an extreme political force defending President Yoon.

In a phone call with YTN, a senior lawmaker said, "There are many people who want to break up with President Yoon, but some people who argue that it is absolutely not possible are in a big situation."

[Anchor]
Please also tell us about the situation of the Democratic Party.

[Reporter]
The Democratic Party, which also issued an emergency standby order to its lawmakers over the weekend, convened a joint emergency joint meeting of standing members at the National Assembly.

Members of the Steering Committee in charge of the Presidential Security Service, the Legal Judicial Committee in charge of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the Public Administration and Security Committee in charge of the police are expected to send a message urging the early arrest of President Yoon.

The Democratic Party of Korea is demanding that acting President Choi Sang-mok actively exercise his command to the security office so that legal proceedings are not hindered if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit re-executes the warrant.

It also refutes that the withdrawal of the reasons for impeachment of President Yoon, which is a problem for the people, was the same during the 2017 impeachment trial of former President Park Geun Hye.

At that time, the National Assembly's impeachment investigation team did not judge former President Park's bribery charges, and pointed out that it was none other than Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the People's Power, who led the settlement of the reasons for impeachment.

The Democratic Party also convened a general meeting of lawmakers at 2 p.m. today.

Some lawmakers are expected to attend a rally to call for the arrest of President Yoon in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.

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



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