[News UP] Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit Re-executes 'Yoon Arrest Warrant'?a heightened tension in front of the official residence

■ Host: anchor Yoon Jae-hee
■ Starring: Choi Soo-young, current affairs critic, Park Chang-hwan, special professor at Jangan University

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[Anchor]
Let's continue to take a closer look at the relevant situation. We will join Choi Soo-young, a current affairs critic, and Park Chang-hwan, a special professor at Jangan University. Please come in. The deadline for the arrest warrant for President Yoon left for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is midnight today. I haven't heard from you yet after one attempt last Friday, how do you see the possibility of re-enforcement today?

[Choi Soo-young]
I don't think there will be a chance of re-enforcement. The reason why I affirm it is because I did it for 5 and a half hours last time, right? It was broadcast to the world's foreign media, but the actual Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit did not seem to have such a strategy, ability, or will. And basically, the warrant itself was issued unreasonably. So, in order to arrest the president, there was a lot of controversy because it included provisions that incapacitated the seizure and search of military and security facilities. However, in the end, he went only near his official residence and returned in five and a half hours, so he seemed to have no real justification, no ability, and no will. What's the point of doing it again with one day left? So I think it will probably operate Plan B.

Regarding the behavior of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit that it had no justification, justification, or ability, is it right that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is leading the process itself called the Joint Investigation Headquarters in the future? There are questions about the investigation ability, but if it is an arrest warrant that was practically unfair, this side can actually reject it. The arrest warrant, which did not go as far as a detailed strategy, seems to have ended with only controversy and international disgrace.

[Anchor]
I think it's true that some point out that they lack the will to investigate.

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
The reason for refusing to execute the warrant was the controversy over the right to investigate and the content of the warrant was controversial. However, as the appeal for the warrant was rejected by the Western Court yesterday, there was no problem with the warrant of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and it can be executed. Didn't you get permission from the court once again? Nevertheless, it is a matter of the will and ability of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to say that there will be no re-enforcement attempt by this morning. When the first warrant was executed on Friday, the police were prevented by the prosecutors of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, who tried to arrest the security officers for obstructing the execution of special duties at the scene, right? As a result, the inside of the police is very bubbling. Does it make sense that a crime is being committed in front of

and the so-called law is broken, but the police can't arrest him? And a sense of shame that the police can't execute the warrant in front of their eyes. As a result, there are even claims that the National Police Workplace Council should send a special police unit and a special police unit to arrest them. In the end, it is revealed that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is not re-executing this warrant due to the problem of will and ability, so I think the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit should make a decision. Whether you turn over the execution of the warrant to the prosecution or go head-to-head with the police, I think you are in the last situation where you have to do one of the two.

[Anchor]
While you're talking, a breaking news came in. There is a breaking news that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has decided to hand over the execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant to the police. This is what the police said. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit suddenly sent an official letter in the morning. It is said that the warrant period will be extended, so the police should execute it. Today, the re-execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant seems to have been canceled. I'll give it to you again. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's attempt to execute an arrest warrant was valid until midnight today, but ahead of this, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit suddenly sent an official letter to the police this morning.

It says it's handing over the execution of arrest warrants to the police. The police said that they will extend the warrant deadline and that the police should execute it. We've been talking about this, how do you see it? It seems to be disproving that he lacked a lot of will to investigate and that he did not have the ability.

[Choi Soo-young]
I think I'll end up going there. But I think the airborne office is revealing loopholes here. Because this warrant was received by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was the main agent. So this warrant is supposed to be until today, but it's like if they hand it over to the police, the police will be transferred naturally and the time for the arrest warrant will be extended, but you have to get it again.
So I can't help but point out how sloppy the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is now. And the most important thing is that if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit went all the way to the end, right? If the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit illegally collects evidence, it may affect the judgment of guilt or innocence during the trial later.

So, if you look at it now, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is very illegal and unreasonably applied because of their institutional resonance and their presence, causing social controversy and no real benefit. The police can do it. Since the police have the right to investigate the crime of rebellion, if the police have the right to investigate, the National Investigation Headquarters should request a warrant again by stating the scope of the warrant and the situation of the search. This warrant is mechanically postponed? This will be more controversial. From the point of view of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, it is true that they recognized their incompetence and injustice and handed it over. Then the police should specify in the warrant what to do more carefully and get it from the court. In any case, if the police did not investigate, this eventually became a situation where we had no choice but to go to the special prosecutor.

The police can do it because of the adjustment of the investigative power, but the police are also participating as members of the joint investigation center, so if the problem is not resolved, it would not be possible to adjust the investigative power unless it goes to the permanent special prosecution. But now that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has handed it over to the police, the National Investigation Headquarters has to organize the contents and get a warrant and try again, but I think it was a happening that ended with only controversy and wounds.

[Anchor]
We were working together under the name of the Joint Investigation Division.Ma was also known to have been dissatisfied with the investigation and execution process of the warrant by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. How does the police feel after seeing today's official document?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
It must be frustrating. Originally, the National Assembly was planning to conduct and lead the investigation, but there were people who participated in the martial law civil war within the police and leaked information. Didn't they get pushed back by such public opinion and put it together as a collaborative copy? Anyway, the police can't claim a warrant. In any case, I don't think it's a problem to set up a collaboration with the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit because I had no choice but to work with either the prosecution or the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to request a warrant. And as it was revealed that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit's ability to execute the warrant was virtually powerless, there was no problem with the police executing the warrant.

If you look at it that way, it is in this dimension of division of roles that the national capital leads the execution of warrants. You can look at it like this. There have been many comments about whether the prosecution leads the investigation or whether the police do it, and where do we go? In the end, there is no choice but to launch a permanent special prosecutor or a civil war special prosecutor that can encompass all these state agencies. In the execution of this warrant, there were many comments that the order of acting Choi Sang-mok, the order of the execution of the warrant as an acting authority, and the cooperation of the security service were needed. Isn't the acting president not even recommending candidates for the special prosecution and permanent special prosecution for rebellion? In the end, the only way to resolve such controversies is to quickly accept the acting special prosecutor's rebellion or to recommend candidates for the permanent special prosecution. Given that only this can clean up the controversy over the right to investigate and the right to warrant, there is still another time when acting Choi Sang-mok needs to make a decision.

[Anchor]
Even if the warrant is extended by requesting an arrest warrant again, how much the police have the ability to execute this warrant will be key, but the level of preparation around the security seems to have increased. It is said that barbed wire fences are also sagging around the official residence, how do you see it?

[Choi Soo-young]
So, this is because the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit came in as viciously as last time and executed it for five and a half hours, so we strengthened security as a follow-up measure. This is because from the perspective of the security agency, it is clear that the president is currently suspended from his duties and that the head of state is correct. Externally, the head of state is the president. If so, the security agency had no choice but to do so because it is the best position to take responsibility for the safety of the person being guarded. The police execute the warrant? The police will be able to do it because it's not an arrest warrant, but an arrest warrant. The key will be how well the National Investigation Headquarters does and gets it from the court. In other words, President Yoon's lawyers said this.

If the police with the right to investigate the rebellion are summoned, we will not respond. So I'm asking if only an arrest warrant works. The police have justification and justification. It is the only institution with state power in Korea that can investigate rebellion. But if the agency doesn't say it will force you to go in and get you out, and coordinate with your lawyer, then it's only good to come out so publicly because you're the head of state, and do you peak the results of this investigation? Investigating a person at the peak of

civil war is just to reveal the actual truth and confirm what the key workers involved have said so far. In terms of whether the problem is to secure only recruits, shouldn't the police control the summons rather than an arrest warrant and specify the place and time, and consult with the lawyer to get President Yoon's statement? The important thing is to get a statement and secure the ability to prove it. I don't think the police want it to be revealed to the world in that way. Therefore, an arrest warrant is a last resort for me, and I need to coordinate it behind the scenes first.

That's why President Yoon also said he would cooperate with the police investigation, so we can set a schedule for the summons. If you don't comply at that time, you have to issue an arrest warrant. It's like a report of a transfer of arrest warrants, but this is a last resort and the highest point of public power, so I think it's necessary to coordinate behind the scenes because I don't think it's possible to make this permanent.

[Anchor]
We showed you a picture of the barbed wire around the official residence. Please show us the related screen again. That screen is around the presidential residence right now. Some people point out that the president can actively investigate the picture on his own, rather than showing some isolation.

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
When I was surprised by the martial law that people could arrest and detain without a warrant on December 3rd a month ago, I felt once again that the rule of law was collapsing once again when I blocked the execution of the warrant. Likewise, since he failed after that, seeing him put up a barbed wire like that, I can't help but lament whether that is the president we once took. Now, the president has protested that the warrant is not legal, but hasn't the court already confirmed that the warrant is legal?

In this regard, the police say that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has attempted to arrest prematurely, but the police have already launched a search and seizure in the National Police Agency. I also sent a request for attendance. In the meantime, the police, who had the right to investigate, didn't even accept it when they asked for attendance. In the end, as a justification for dragging time, the warrant is a problem, what is a problem, and ultimately, there is an arrest warrant because it was clear that it would not be investigated. Of course, I see the need for the police to call in and demand such attendance to soften it once more, but what is clear is that we should not take too long with it.

Since there are clear grounds and actions that have already sent a request for attendance for a long time and rejected it, I think the police's quick execution of warrants is the way to reduce the current confusion. That requires overwhelming force.
How did 200 people get past 100 last time? In the end, as mentioned at the Police Workplace Council, without the cooperation of President Yoon Suk Yeol, it is inevitable to deploy a special police force.

[Anchor]
In the midst of this, a civic group filed a complaint against Acting President Choi Sang-mok on charges of dereliction of duty. Acting President Choi issued a statement yesterday saying that he had avoided the command and supervision of the security service. I told them to take care not to hurt citizens and public officials.

[Choi Soo-young]
What does Acting Choi say? I told you not to expand and abuse your authority on state affairs very stably and limitedly, but to only manage the situation. Why do you ask for command and supervision in this case? Of course, it's not what the political community demanded. Take a look. Acting President Choi Sang-mok appointed two constitutional judges, preventing the political turmoil from accelerating and helping to enhance not only external credentials but also internal credentials. So why should the acting president command and supervise whether the arrest warrant, detention and extradition of the president are matters that investigative agencies will do in accordance with their legitimacy?

Then, when President Yoon Suk Yeol says he's alive and well, if he says he can't enforce the law elsewhere, do you all ask President Yoon Suk Yeol to go and lead the investigation? You have to say something that fits the situation and logic. Now, I think acting Choi Sang-mok is managing the economy, diplomacy, and the minimum situation management that can be operated in a very stable manner. However, I think we should refrain from demanding that acting Choi be brought into the middle of a political dispute by intervening in politics.

at last stabilized With only a few days left before Trump's inauguration, I think we should refrain from putting the burden on Acting President Choi in this way or continuing to attract Acting President Choi on areas that could be the area of political and judicial controversy. The investigation should go to the investigation table, the Constitutional Court should go to the Constitutional Court, and the politics should go to the politics and solve problems in their own tracks. I think refraining from asking them to exercise their authority in their favor is the way to stabilize the political situation of uncertainty.

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
From the viewpoint of political strife, I think it's a problem. This is the first time a state agency has prevented the execution of warrants under the law. Then, when a state agency collides, the Constitutional Court judges it judicially, but administratively, the authority to coordinate it belongs to the president's authority because the Republic of Korea is a presidential system. In particular, it is the behavior of the security service related to the president's security. If the acting president does not coordinate this part, who will coordinate it? Furthermore, the only part that we have to make a decision about acting chief executive Choi Sang-mok is the seriousness of the economy right now. Exchange rates and stock prices have been talked about a lot so far, but national bonds and government bonds are now shaking. In this case, it is not a matter of simply adjusting the conflict between state agencies because it is in such a crisis situation where national credibility can decline when it is prolonged. Since it may be a matter of the fate of the state, acting authority Choi Sang-mok argues that we should think about this and think about it again.

[Anchor]
Let's continue talking with the two cast members. Let's talk about security. Director of Security Park Jong-joon did not respond to police attendance. But he made an unusual statement. Responding to an arrest warrant due to controversy over expediency and illegality is abandonment of security and abandonment of duty. That's what I said. I mentioned that the bodyguard should refrain from making insulting remarks that he has become a private soldier. How did you see this?

[Choi Soo-young]
It's unusual to read the security chief in front of the camera, not the entrance door. But I look at it like this. Security is the rule and position of security to do as much as possible depending on the legal position of the person subject to security. However, from the perspective of the security office, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit brought an arrest warrant.But just take a look. Like how confident the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was this time, he turned it over to the police because he had no justification or confidence. That's how controversial the illegality and injustice were. From the perspective of the security service, this has not been explained and this has not been handled, so how can you give up the president's whereabouts as it is?

So from their point of view, they are saying that they have fulfilled their responsibilities that they can do under the law. And whether it is the opposition party or the ruling party in the past, we are only concerned about the safety of those subject to security. That's why the chief of security said exactly that it is not the realm of progressive or conservative, nor the realm of future presidents, whether former or incumbent. That's why I'm asking the police to summon this? So what's the basis for not responding here? Rather, if President Yoon refuses to comply with the police's summons or if he brings an arrest warrant later, he won't go? Then, it can be very disadvantageous in the trial of rebellion or in the process of the Constitutional Court's hearing.

That's why I don't think they'll do it. So, if the subject of the investigation, the legality, the validity of the execution of the warrant, and all of these things are reasonable, I don't think there will be any justification for the security to respond so much, so if the National Investigation Headquarters quickly becomes the subject of the investigation and goes through a legal summons process and if it is issued with an arrest warrant, the security agency will have to cooperate with securing recruits. Because of that aspect, the priority is to establish procedural legitimacy and the legality of the process from now on. If you accuse the security of being privatized, I think that's beyond the ground.

[Anchor]
Hasn't the police already announced that they will consider arresting the security chief and deputy chief as current offenders if they refuse to comply with the execution of the warrant again? In the midst of this, if the police execute the arrest warrant as the breaking news came out today, wouldn't there be a higher risk of conflict with the security service?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
I think the security service itself is self-confident that it has become a private soldier. The security officials are civil servants. And not a single president in history has refused court warrants. I complied with the arrest and summons. President Yoon Suk Yeol is now refusing. This is an act of defying the judicial order of the courts and the orders of the law enforcement agencies. If the security service refuses to do this because the person they are the target of security refuses, then they participate in illegal activities? That's also a civil servant. Civil servants participate in illegal activities. Even during martial law on December 3rd, we saw many cases where our soldiers and police passively refused unconstitutional, illegal orders.

Isn't that why martial law was lifted? Then the security service is in the same position. In that sense, it is normal not to actively accept security demands, but not to receive illegal security demands. The security agency said that there was a controversy over expediency and illegality in addition to the barbed wire fence, didn't it disappear yesterday? The court has confirmed once again that there is nothing wrong with the warrant and that the order should be followed by execution. Then, it is natural that the security agency follows the court's warrant even now. In this regard, continuing to prevent President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest is no different from saying that he is a private soldier of President Yoon Suk Yeol. And as the public feels the same hopelessness felt during the December 3 martial law once again as they watch the court's warrant be neutralized, I think this is a matter that requires strict discipline of the security chief and deputy security chief in the future to restore law and order.

[Anchor]
President Yoon has expressed his position to attend the Constitutional Court in person, although he is not responding to the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. I didn't tell you the specific date, but when will it be?

[Choi Soo-young]
There are five hearings scheduled until early February. I think it's going to be one of them. However, as for the part where the hearing proceeds immediately in January, the prosecution appeared in the indictment against former Minister Kim Yong-hyun. That's why it's a track of whether or not to be prosecuted, but I think President Yoon will be at a very important point. The most important issue is the unconstitutionality and the nature of civil war, isn't it the core issue of the impeachment prosecution? If so, many people will be curious about this. To put it harshly, President Yoon is a person whose term is guaranteed even if he doesn't do anything, so why did he do this by mobilizing the highest level of constitutional authority among the irrationality of emergency martial law or the constitutional authority granted to him? Why is there a question?

But I'm sure the president has an idea about that. No matter what kind of national crisis the government thought it was. Then I think I'll go to the most important point in psychology. So, I think the timing is probably around the end of January to attend the hearing and explain why I had to do this because President Yoon was a lawyer. When the hearing was conducted three to four times. So when the question is asked why the president had no choice but to issue emergency martial law, if the president attends a hearing and explains it well, wouldn't the constitutional judges also judge it according to the law? If you look at it like that, I predict that out of the five scheduled attendances, there is a high possibility of going out at the timing of four or five times.

[Anchor]
There's a breaking news while you're talking, so I'll tell you again. This is what the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit revealed. The government said it sent an official document last night that the National Stock Exchange was responsible for executing the warrant. Earlier, the police suddenly sent an official letter this morning, saying that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit suddenly sent an official letter this morning and that they would hand over the execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant to the police. Just a moment ago, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit said it sent an official letter last night stating that the warrant was executed. I think the story between the police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is mixed, what do you think?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
What's the point of sending an official letter regarding the execution of a warrant last night or early this morning? Now, the execution of the warrant refuses to even investigate martial law and civil war, and President Yoon Suk Yeol has been reigning over the past month above the law. He ruled illegally even during martial law, and he also ruled illegally in the execution of arrest warrants. If you're going to interpret the Constitutional Court's attendance, you're going to go out, and if you're not going to An outlaw who is completely above the law. It is only natural that investigative agencies put their heads together to discuss the best strategy and the public to feel safe about keeping such an outlaw within the boundaries of the law. I didn't send an official letter this morning, I sent it last night. What's the meaning of this? Whether the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was really administering it on a desk. How much have the people been rooting for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit since last Friday, in the past five days?

I have no choice but to be really disappointed at the way he abandons such expectations so incompetently. Even now, simply say the so-called police, go and catch them by force. How humiliating is the police again if they seem to be talking like this? I think it's really incompetent to send an official letter and tell the police to take care of it if they are willing to do this through the execution of a warrant.

[Choi Soo-young]
I can't help but point out the warrant ping pong. We sent the official letter last night and sent it this morning, and we are talking differently, but the implications of the warrant ping pong are that the investigation is going on now, which clearly shows how sloppy it is and how cooperative it is with each other. In the past, we went to the joint investigation headquarters system. But there was a control tower. Now, it also uses a very ambiguous expression called the Joint Investigation Headquarters and is in a so-called parallel type. No one is responsible and no one can be the subject, and no one can definitively do anything about this. As we go parallel to each other, we don't take responsibility, so we only put out the positions of each institution and divide to reveal their resonance and presence, and no one is arguing about access to the real truth.

That's why the current controversy. So, when the Western Court issued this, isn't it obvious that the Western Court issues the warrant and asks the Western Court to consider the legality of the warrant? That's why President Yoon said he would appeal again to the Supreme Court, so the only way to reduce such exhausting controversy is to quickly, and the prosecution has already made indictments against key workers and handed them over. If so, if the government agency or the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is not keeping up with it, we should rearrange it quickly. In that respect, the name does not matter whether it is a joint investigation headquarters or a joint investigation headquarters. It is right to place the subject of the investigation on the side that has the most authority and legality, and then divide the roles with each other, and how can we explain it like the infinite case of Ping-Pong warrant now?

[Anchor]
In the meantime, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was in the mood for the key.Ma is now in an unbelievable situation.

[Choi Soo-young]
That's right. That's why, as Professor Park said earlier, the special prosecutor's office is also mentioned. That doesn't match the speed of the prosecution's investigation. That's why I rather don't trust the prosecution for the Democratic Party. In fact, the prosecution's legality and speed of investigation command are the fastest, so even if we go to readjusting, we are in such a mess even if we surround a warrant. If this is the case, who trusts the people and there is no guarantee that there will be no conflict in politics even if the results of the investigation come out later? So, this kind of rough-and-ready investigation should not be conducted.

[Anchor]
In the midst of such a chaotic situation, President Yoon filed a series of charges against more than 150 people today, including Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Airborne Division. How should I look at this part?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
I think it's a typical time drag. In the meantime, after the martial law civil war failed, every step of the war has been trying to drag on with legal procedural problems. In the end, he believes that the fact about the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is just a time-consuming task for the gathering of supporters. The appeal has now been rejected once again by the Western Court because it is accused of this. The story is the investigative power of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the execution of warrants of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investig It proves once again that there is no problem here. Even if these accusations are ignored, it will not be handled by the judiciary. Rather, they are trying to drag their time by holding back the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and to throw the country into chaos by rallying their supporters. They may be defending themselves, but the country is in chaos right now. President Yoon Suk Yeol should reduce the behavior that encourages this confusion.

I didn't tell you not to appoint a lawyer, but President Yoon Suk Yeol's insistence is at the center of the collapse of the judicial order and the conflict between state agencies. I really think President Yoon Suk Yeol should think about those things again, considering the national interest.

[Anchor]
According to Kook Soo-bon, the execution of the arrest warrant was appointed without any prior discussion regarding handing it over to the police. It says it's under legal review. I think I'll take the job and then review the legal principles.

[Choi Soo-young]
That's how much we're not confident in each other. I'm like that. These confusion need to be sorted out quickly, but they are each investigative agency with public power anyway. Then you'll be clear. The prosecution has the power to prosecute. In any case, the prosecution should make the final prosecution, whether it is the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or the police. Then, there is a rule that the police who have the right to investigate the rebellion should properly investigate the first case and then give it to the prosecution after reviewing it by the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

Each of us is doing this because of the sense of fairness with issues that can be organized neatly like this. The Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has been cold. I don't know where you think there were such pains that you didn't get treated properly, but there were a lot of over-actions to show resonance this time. And the prosecution keeps saying that you can be in line with President Yoon Suk Yeol in the Democratic Party of Korea, so rather than being confident, they proceed with the investigation quietly and file an indictment right now. The police have the right to investigate the rebellion between the two, but since they have to be commanded, they couldn't do this and were eventually brought, so even if an official letter comes out now, is it legal again? There must be a lot of worries about the execution of the arrest warrant.

In that respect, the reason why this is important is that you should not intervene in the investigation in politics or anywhere else. The investigation should be left as a track in the investigation, but if it goes like this, the prosecution can't secure evidence on it at the fastest time to proceed with the prosecution, so it can follow the prosecution's footsteps. From now on, I think the prosecution should take the helm, then the police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit go to the side to provide side support, proceed with the investigation quickly, and the criminal law that did so will be tried in court, and the impeachment trial should go to the same track as the Constitutional Court's hearing.

[Anchor]
It means that the prosecution should hold the key now because it has revealed the limitations of the investigation, what do you think?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
Now, the police and the prosecution are suspected of being involved in the last martial law and civil war. The way to fundamentally solve this problem is the special prosecutor. The acting Choi Sang-mok already has a permanent special prosecutor and a civil war special prosecutor. In particular, in the case of a permanent special prosecutor, it is executed as soon as a candidate is recommended. But the president doesn't have such a permanent special prosecutor or veto right. This is done as soon as a candidate is recommended because there is no veto if the National Assembly passes it. In the case of the special prosecutor for rebellion, there is a constitutional controversy over the last bilateral special prosecutor controversy, but that's not the case with the permanent special prosecutor. In this regard, the quickest way to clean up the controversy over the current investigative power is to request cooperation from the acting president to the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit or to recommend candidates for permanent special prosecutors.

And all of this has to carry the will of the state. Because isn't he a sitting president? If the power of the acting president, who is the most powerful person in the country, is not loaded into arresting, investigating, and impeaching the incumbent president, he has no choice but to look at it. In this regard, it is not a matter of saying that the acting president is not my authority. Recommend a permanent special prosecutor quickly, which is your authority. That's the way to minimize the current confusion, I say this again.

[Anchor]
How far should I go to exercise the authority of the acting authority?

[Choi Soo-young]
Even though the law stipulates that the permanent special prosecution is unfair, there is controversy over whether the permanent special prosecution can do so. And now, it is not a third-party special prosecutor for the special prosecutor for civil war. This is a universal special prosecutor that allows the Democratic Party to investigate all the suspicions revealed during the investigation as it wants. Then, such an independent counsel will only cause division of public opinion later, and no one will accept it even if the actual conclusion comes out. Because it's a biased special prosecutor. So rather, the alternative is that some of the people's power agrees with the special prosecutor for rebellion. That's why we'd rather be judged accurately. Since the introduction of the special prosecutor in 1999, the Supreme Court has recommended five cases and the Korean Bar Association has two cases. In other words, these two organizations were the most at nine, which means they were neutral. After the public's power is accurately the subject and scope of the investigation by limiting it to the Korean Bar Association or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the special prosecution against the ruling and opposition parties will be raised once again.

Since we exercised our veto power this time, if we go to a re-decision and go fast, we can set the size, scope, and duration of the investigation properly by agreement between the ruling and opposition parties. That's not how fast speed and efficiency are important in this rebellion special prosecutor, is it? Since it is important to ensure fairness that can be recognized by the people, the independent counsel for rebellion should be conducted immediately if the acting president Choi Sang-mok agrees with the ruling and opposition parties. However, the permanent special prosecution is small and fast, and the question of whether it can actually be done properly like the controversy over the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is another matter, so even if the time is a little late, I think the answer is to go to an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties.

[Anchor]
This morning, there was a sudden announcement from the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit handed over the execution of President Yoon's arrest warrant to the police. Let me ask you one more question regarding that. If the arrest warrant fails, there may be a card that extends the period by requesting the arrest warrant again, but there were many comments that they would go straight to the arrest warrant card. But what's the reason why you decided to put that aside and request an arrest warrant again through police execution?

[PARK CHANG HWAN]
If a warrant was issued, and the warrant was tried once and then turned into another arrest warrant, as all of us felt, the court's warrant went, but is it blocked by force? But you can't break through it and ask for another warrant? Then, the public's trust in judicial institutions will fall dramatically. That's why if you went straight to the arrest warrant, public opinion would have been criticized as much as it is now. Regardless of the ruling and opposition parties, there is no choice but to criticize the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit. In that sense, we talk about that a lot. If you drew a knife, you need to cut even the rotten radish. If you don't even try to execute the warrant helplessly and move on, you're worried about the aftermath, so you're executing the warrant, but the police are doing it, so I think you asked for SOS like this.

[Anchor]
Hasn't the president's lawyer been in a position to comply with the court's review of the warrant?

[Choi Soo-young]
So if the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit is not confident, it's sorry and embarrassing to take out the execution of the arrest warrant like this, so let's pass it over to the police. The police are also saying that we need to review whether this is legally right. In that respect, this investigation is an example of the speed and how poor the process was. Rather, it is right to do it because President Yoon's side is willing to make a preliminary arrest warrant and undergo a substantial examination of the arrest suit in the warrant.

In my view, with this level of ability, willingness and enthusiasm for this level of investigation, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit will no longer be able to do anything and probably nothing to come out. As much as the prosecution did, only the prosecution has the right to prosecute. That's why it might be better to leave the control tower here. Then, if you don't have anything to do anymore, it's also a way to get a pre-arrest warrant and get a legitimacy. In any case, since the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit has revealed to the world a situation in which it can no longer hold the key of the joint investigation headquarters, how much will the public be convinced of the fairness and outcome of the investigation if it causes public controversy, suspicions, and distrust? So, wouldn't it be rather realistic for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to pull out its feet and then have a legal battle with the prosecution? Because President Yoon said he would not reject it, I rather think it is a shortcut to reducing the consumptive controversy.

[Anchor]
The arrest warrant for the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit was valid until midnight today. Before this, I would like to tell you once again that I sent an official letter this morning to hand over the execution of the arrest warrant to the police. It was with Choi Soo-young, a current affairs critic, and Park Chang-hwan, a special professor at Jangan University. Thank you both.