Member of the People's Power Council of Party Members Against Impeachment Warns, ”If the Special Investigation into the Rebellion is agreed upon, the nation's strength will be unrecoverable” - South Korea

On the 12th, the chairpersons of the People Power Party (the ruling party of South Korea)'s non-parliamentary party council, which opposes the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, raised their voices of warning about the "special investigation into internal rebellion." They said that the ruling party is
The People's Power Impeachment Opposition Party Council Chairpersons' Association expressed concern that if the government agreed to a "disorderly special investigation," the People's Power would fall into an irreversible situation.
They warned that the agreement to impeach the incumbent president could reinvigorate public opinion for impeachment, which has been waning since the beginning, and raise the possibility of early presidential elections.
He also expressed concern that an independent investigation based on a one-off political agreement would set a negative precedent in constitutional history, saying,
He argued that the adoption of a special investigation into the insurrection would create a political black hole that would drain public attention. Such a course of action would pour cold water on the growing public opinion against impeachment and put a stop to the impeachment process.
In particular, if an independent investigation is conducted through a ruling-opposition party agreement, it will be difficult to raise questions about unfair investigations, he said.
He said that there is a possibility that the influence of the special counsel, who will be reporting on the status of the investigation, could lead to a situation where public opinion against impeachment cannot be suppressed.