The Democratic Party of Korea announced on the 9th that it is indeed considering pursuing impeachment against Prime Minister Han Deok-soo. Also, on this day, Prime Minister Han was included in the investigation target of the ‘President Yoon Seok-yeol Insurrection Special Prosecutor’s Act’ related to the martial law situation proposed by the Democratic Party. When Prime Minister Han and People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon revealed a plan to jointly run state affairs that had no legal basis, measures were taken to prevent this.
Democratic party spokesperson Hwang Jeong-ah met with reporters after a closed-door Supreme Council meeting this morning and said, “Martial law is to be invoked through the Prime Minister, and a Prime Minister attended the cabinet meeting that deliberated martial law.” It is indeed said that Prime Minister han did not block this at the cabinet meeting held before the declaration of martial law. Spokesperson Hwang explained, “It truly seems clear that Prime Minister Han aided and abetted illegal activities (such as declaring martial law), and there is a serious crime of aiding and abetting, so he is the subject of investigation.”
The Democratic Party is also discussing the impeachment of Prime Minister Han. Chief Spokesperson Cho Seung-rae said, “There are two ways to hold Prime Minister Han responsible for the civil unrest,” and mentioned “impeachment” and “criminal punishment.” Spokesperson Cho explained, “First of all, we will instantly proceed with the accusation of treason, and regarding impeachment, we will prepare (the impeachment bill) in a practical way and then review and conclude whether to submit it later.” It was decided to submit the complaint against Prime minister Han to the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency.
On this day, the Democratic Party submitted the Insurrection Special Prosecution Act to the National Assembly’s Legislation Department. In addition, the fourth Special Prosecutor Act on First Lady kim Kun-hee was proposed. At the plenary session on the 10th, a permanent special prosecution and next year’s budget plan are planned to be processed.The Democratic Party announced the day before that it would reduce 4.8 trillion won compared to the government budget. Spokesperson Hwang said, “We plan to final review the budget plan brought by the government by today and negotiate,” and threatened, “If (negotiation) fails, we will unconditionally pass a decision on the 10th.”
The Democratic Party announced on the 12th that it would submit an impeachment bill against President Yoon, Justice Minister Park Sung-jae, and National Police Agency Commissioner Jo Ji-ho to the plenary session. Afterwards, a vote to impeach President Yoon is scheduled to be held on the 14th. Spokesperson Hwang said, “Immediate impeachment is an orderly resignation,” and “If (impeachment approval) fails this time, we plan to proceed (reporting and voting on the impeachment bill) in the same cycle next week.” They also announced that they plan to pursue a government investigation into the civil unrest.
Jo Hye-sun, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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