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Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Officer Appears at National Assembly... "Yoon's arrest failed, apologizes to the public."

2025.01.07 PM 04:27
[Anchor]
Today, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee is questioning pending issues, and Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, who failed to execute the arrest warrant for President Yoon, attended and apologized to the public.

Along with the controversy over the investigation of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, the ruling and opposition parties are debating whether it is legal to exclude the crime of rebellion under the criminal law from the reasons for the president's impeachment trial.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Na Hye-in!

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

[Anchor]
Are you in the middle of the National Assembly's pending questions?

[Reporter]
Yes, Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and Kim Jung-won, the secretary-general of the Constitutional Court, attended the plenary session of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee to receive questions from lawmakers.

First of all, from the beginning of the questioning, the opposition National Assembly's prosecution decided that the presidential impeachment trial would not consider whether or not the crime of rebellion was established under the criminal law was wrong.

Kim Jung-won, secretary-general of the Constitutional Court, asked to watch the court's decision, but the ruling party has not refused to budge on the argument that the National Assembly should vote on the impeachment bill again if it is not going to deal with major issues.

The ruling party also insisted that it had no right to investigate the alleged rebellion against the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and criticized the arrest warrant by the unauthorized agency as unconstitutional in itself.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: Does it make sense to lead the execution with such a fake warrant? What's the difference between buying things with counterfeit bills? In the end, it is illegal to reduce the investigation without investigation and the command without command to two letters.

On the other hand, the opposition party pointed out that the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit failed to execute the arrest warrant by the court, which rather caused social confusion.

In response, Senior Superintendent of Public Offices Oh Dong-woon said, "The investigative power has already been recognized as a legitimate warrant issued by the court, and there is no controversy, but I sincerely apologize to the public for the failure of the legitimate arrest warrant to be executed properly."

It is very heartbreaking to see the rule of law undermined, and he added that he will prepare thoroughly with the extraordinary determination that the execution of the second warrant is the last.

He also said that it is the legitimate duty of the prosecutor to execute a warrant for arrest issued by the judiciary and should not be hindered for any reason, which was followed by a loud voice from ruling party lawmakers protesting.

[Anchor]
The Democratic Party filed a complaint against Acting President Choi Sang-mok today, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, I heard that when President Yoon attempted to arrest him, he obstructed the legitimate execution of the warrant by assisting the presidential security service's blocking.

In the afternoon, Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok of the Democratic Party and others held a press conference and said they would file a complaint with the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters against Acting President Choi Sang-mok on charges of dereliction of duty.

The opposition party is also strongly criticizing lawmakers who visited their official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul yesterday against the arrest of President Yoon.

He accused the people of not being qualified to use the people in the name of the party, saying that the power of the people is increasingly going down the path of an unconstitutional party with the far-right.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: Even today, on the 36th day of the insurrection, the party is delaying the impeachment trial and investigation by protecting the Yoon Suk Yeol of the number one Yoon Suk Yeol and playing all kinds of tricks. Rather change the name of the party to 'the party that embraces the bully'.]

On the other hand, the power of the people was countered that the Democratic Party of Korea lost its reason due to the eagerness of the early presidential election.

It is said that speeding up the forced investigation of President Yoon and the impeachment trial despite the controversy over due process is a political intention considering the trial schedule of representative Lee Jae-myung.

Inside the ruling party, it is also seen that conservative supporters are gathering.

A ruling party lawmaker whose metropolitan area is a district said, "The atmosphere has definitely changed a lot, and there are a series of complaints urging people to join the protest in front of the official residence."

[Anchor]
In the morning, a special parliamentary investigation committee was held to find out the truth about the alleged rebellion, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, more than 180 people, including Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and acting President Choi Sang-mok, were adopted as institutional witnesses, and the fight between the ruling and opposition parties was fierce.

The opposition party criticized the ruling party lawmakers who visited their official residence against the arrest of President Yoon, saying they were not qualified to participate in the parliamentary investigation.

If the ruling party decided to exclude the crime of rebellion from the impeachment trial, the purpose of the parliamentary investigation should also be changed, and there was a loud voice.

An agreement on the adoption of general witnesses was not reached today.

Tomorrow, the National Assembly will re-vote the Insurrection Special Counsel Act and the Special Counsel Act on Kim Gun-hee, where Acting President Choi Sang-mok exercised his right to request reconsideration.

I'm Na Hye-in from YTN in the National Assembly.

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