Korean Human Rights Commission passes amendment to guarantee President Yoon's right to legal defense... Yoon supporters rejoice

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea passed a bill to guarantee the right to defense in the impeachment trial of President Yoon Seok-yeol.
The bill, which was proposed by standing committee member Kim Yong-won and others last month, was amended to include the following points:
The bill included provisions guaranteeing freedom of speech and was met with strong opposition from civil society groups and opposition parties who supported impeachment.
The meeting was canceled due to strong opposition from groups and opposition parties. On the 20th of the same month, supporters of President Yoon held a teaser rally in front of the Human Rights Commission, raising concerns about the possibility of chaos, and the meeting was canceled again.
Prior to the plenary session that day, lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties visited the Human Rights Commission and met with its chairman to convey their opinions for or against the bill.
Prior to the plenary session, lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties visited the Human Rights Commission to voice their opinions for or against the bill.
Meanwhile, supporters of President Yoon gathered at the Human Rights Commission building from the morning and occupied the corridor of the general meeting room on the 14th floor to prevent the opposition groups from disrupting the proceedings. There were also confrontations with police who tried to disperse them.
Many of their supporters waited on the first floor of the Human Rights Commission building until the results of the bill were announced that afternoon, holding up the Taegeukgi and the American flag and chanting, "Protect the human rights of President Yoon," "Protect his right to defense," and "
At around 5 p.m., when it was reported that Rep. Go Min Jung of the Democratic Party of Korea had finished her meeting with the Human Rights Commissioner and was leaving the parking lot, some of her supporters began to shout,
When the police on the scene blocked the entrance to the parking lot, harsh words such as "The police should be on our side" were uttered.
Later, at around 7:07 pm, when the news broke that the bill had passed, President Yoon's supporters began cheering and waving the Taegeukgi flag vigorously.
They embraced each other and expressed their joy at the passage of President Yoon's defense rights bill. Yoon Seok-hwan (62), a supporter of President Yoon, visited the National Human Rights Commission with his daughter at 3 p.m. on the same day and said, "Kim Yong-soo of the National Human Rights Commission is the first person to visit the National Human Rights Commission."
The former committee member said he would defend Lecturer Jeong Han-gil pro bono. He said that if the impeachment against President Yoon is approved, the Constitutional Court must be destroyed.
"I came out with a wish. Today, a small hope was born at the Human Rights Commission," said Kim (30), a company employee who visited the Human Rights Commission after work. "We can only have freedom if we have a country.
"The truth must be uncovered, but I came out here because I feel that the minimum human rights of the president are not being respected," he said. "Everything from the execution of the warrant to the investigation process is illegal.
"I'm thrilled that the proposal passed and I think there would have been a lot of disappointment if it had been rejected today," he added.
Supporters of President Yoon gathered at the Human Rights Library and lobby of the Human Rights Commission building that day.
They were scattered across the building, the basement, and other areas, occupying various locations to block groups that were teasing a press conference against the bill to guarantee the right to defense.
The group also gave up on attending the general meeting and postponed the press conference to 10 a.m. on the 11th. The Emergency Action Group said, "The safety of the participants cannot be guaranteed because far-right forces have gathered at the Human Rights Commission and are causing trouble.
The press conference will be canceled. Meanwhile, the third item on the agenda for the plenary session that day was the “Human Rights Commission’s investigation and opinion statement regarding the President’s destruction of the constitutional order and declaration of emergency martial law.”
was rejected without a vote.