People Power requests trial on power dispute over impeachment of Acting President Han Deok-soo, saying ”Constitutional requirements for impeachment are not met” - South Korea

On the 27th, the People's Power Party (ruling party) filed a petition with the Constitutional Court for a hearing on the powers of the Prime Minister and Acting President Han Deok-soo, which was passed by the National Assembly plenary session under the leadership of the Democratic Party.
The People's Power announced on the same day that it had filed a petition for a provisional injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the impeachment bill against Acting President Han Deok-soo to the Constitutional Court.
The plaintiffs are 108 lawmakers from the People's Power Party, and the defendant is National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik. Joo Jin-woo, head of the People's Power Party's legal advisory committee, said in a media announcement, "The defendant
The People's Power has filed a powers dispute hearing and provisional injunction regarding the Speaker's declaration of the passage of the impeachment motion submitted to the National Assembly and his delivery of the impeachment resolution to Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, who is acting as President.
"The grounds for impeachment against Prime Minister Han do not meet the requirements for impeachment under the Constitution, and the grounds for impeachment themselves are not in violation of the law or the Constitution. As prime minister, he has the power to veto bills," said Chairman Joo.
"His actions, such as recommending the exercise of martial law, opposing deliberations at the Cabinet Council, and withholding the appointment of constitutional judges as acting president, are duties that he performed legitimately in accordance with the Constitution and the law, and are clearly not grounds for impeachment," he said.
He continued, "Even though Prime Minister Han is also the acting president, the accused did not apply the extra quorum (200 seats) required for impeachment, which is equivalent to that for the president, to the impeachment bill.
"This is a serious unconstitutional interpretation," he said, raising the issue of Chairman Woo's application of the number of seats required to decide on impeachment based on the prime minister's standard (151 seats).
Furthermore, "The defendant's actions are invalid and the plaintiff's right to represent the people and impeachment proceedings are invalid.
"This is a serious infringement of the right to deliberate and vote on bills and a violation of the Constitution and the National Assembly Act, and it must be declared invalid and its effect suspended," he said.