Regarding the decision of the National Assembly impeachment prosecution team to exclude treason from the grounds for impeaching President Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party said, “It is a fraud that deceives the people,” and argued, “The Constitutional Court should reject the impeachment bill, and the National Assembly should re-admit it.” . The ruling party plans to visit the Constitutional Court in protest on the 6th to demand the dismissal of the impeachment bill. The Democratic Party of Korea countered this by calling it an “ignorant political offensive.” The Democratic Party launched a counterattack against People Power Party floor leader Kwon Seong-dong, who was head of the National Assembly impeachment committee at the time, citing the fact that the reasons for impeachment were changed to include bribery and coercion when former President Park Geun-hye was impeached in 2017.
People Power Emergency Response Committee Chairman Kwon Young-se said at a joint meeting of emergency committee and senior lawmakers on the 5th, “The fact that the Democratic Party excluded treason from the reasons for impeachment is an admission that the resolution on the impeachment bill was a hasty and fraudulent impeachment and that they incited the people with lies.” A re-decision was requested. Chairman Kwon also said, “The Constitutional Court should immediately stop hearing the impeachment bill for treason and demand a new impeachment bill that ensures procedural legitimacy.”
People Power Party floor spokesperson Seo Ji-young took aim at Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, claiming, “He voluntarily withdrew one of the important prosecution details with the intention of leading to an early presidential election.”
Democratic Party floor spokesperson Noh Jong-myeon said in a briefing the previous day, “The ‘impeachment of Yoon Seok-yeol’ is a constitutional trial, not a criminal proceeding, so it is only a natural confirmation and summary, and the concept of ‘removing the treason charge’ itself does not apply.” Kim Yong-min, senior vice leader for floor policy of the Democratic Party, said, “Even at the time of former President Park’s impeachment, (Floor Leader Kwon) removed the charge and listed it as a violation of the Constitution,” and added, “Floor Leader Kwon is continuing to engage in shameless behavior.”
An official from the National Assembly impeachment prosecution team said, “We will not amend the impeachment bill,” and added, “However, we plan to submit a written opinion to the Constitutional Court soon saying that we will not dispute whether the crime of treason was violated in the impeachment trial.”
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