The impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol has begun.
The Constitutional Court appointed two judges as commissioned judges and set the date for preparation of arguments as the 27th of this month. With the date for arguments set in January of next year and the impeachment trial expected to get fully underway, President Yoon has
Attention is focused on whether he will "directly" participate in the impeachment trial. In an interview with the Korean newspaper Herald Business on the 17th, Professor Jeong Hak-seong of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies' law school said, "(President Yoon)
In a statement, he strongly denied the establishment of the crime of treason and the unconstitutionality of emergency martial law. As he is a lawyer and a former member of the prosecutor's office in charge of criminal proceedings, he attended the hearing in person and actively participated.
President Yoon said, "The declaration of emergency martial law is an act of governance by the president," and with regard to the crime of treason, he said, "I simply deployed a small number of troops for a short time to maintain order.
"Neither of these are grounds for impeachment," he said.
2024/12/17 15:42 KST
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