President Yoon emphasizes, ”As the president, I am the one who knows the incident best” - South Korea

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol stated during his impeachment trial that he never gave orders to remove lawmakers who had gathered at the National Assembly when the state of emergency was declared on December 3, and said, "This incident
"I, as the accused, am the president and the person who knows the details of the charges best," he emphasized. President Yoon appeared in court for the third hearing on the 21st and said, "The impeachment trial is conducted in accordance with the procedures for criminal proceedings.
"As I am suspended from my duties, I cannot exercise any influence. As the respondent, I am the president and the person who knows the details of this case best," he said.
He added, "You said that the allegations of election fraud were a conspiracy theory, a logic that was created later to justify martial law, but martial law has already been declared.
"There have been many doubts about the credibility of the fairness of the election in the past," President Yoon said. "In 2023, the National Intelligence Service inspected some of the computer equipment of the Election Management Committee and found that
Many problems were discovered. Therefore, rather than exposing the fraudulent election itself, if it is possible to screen the computer system of the election management committee in general, please try it.
I want to know what kind of equipment they have and what kind of system they use, and I want to know the facts, rather than raising conspiracy theories that the election was all rigged and unbelievable.
"The purpose of the declaration was to confirm whether the president was in power or not," he said. In response to the question, "After the declaration of martial law, did you ever give instructions to remove Diet members who had gathered at the Diet to pass a resolution to lift martial law?"
"Even if the resolution to lift martial law is blocked, it can be done in other places, not just in the Diet, and we can make as many demands as we like after that. If the resolution is blocked, it will be really unmanageable," he said.
"It will be an unprecedented situation," he added. The trial ended around 3:55 p.m.