According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 30th, South Korean Investigation Department officially applied for the arrest of Yoon Seok-hye the same day, this is also the first time in the history of South Korea’s constitutional president to apply for an arrest warrant. On the same day, Choi Sang-mu, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Finance, who is acting as president, was also placed under police investigation, as was Han Duk-soo, the impeached Prime Minister. Some public opinion called on the South Korean government as soon as possible to restore political order, and as soon as possible to Yoon Suet action.
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The office of public information applied for an arrest warrant
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Reported that Yin Xiyue lawyer 30 pm to the court submitted an arrest warrant opinion. Yin Xiyue side that the public investigation department does not have the authority to investigate civil unrest cases, request Yin Xiyue to the case is illegal, and therefore refused to the case can not be established. As a result, the court will also examine whether the public investigation service has the authority to investigate cases of civil unrest. Yin Xiyue also in the afternoon to the court submitted a defense lawyer letter of appointment, formally designated Yin Jiagen and Jinhongyi as defense lawyers.
According to the South Korean“Seoul Economy” reported on the 30th, the South Korean Police National Investigation Department said the same day, as a result of reports by Korean citizens’ groups that acting president Choi Sang-mu and others are suspected of plotting and assisting in the execution of acts such as civil strife, Abuse of authority, malfeasance and violation of the National Intelligence Court law, the police have opened a case against Cui Xiangmu and others. In addition to Choe, park se-hyun, the Chief Prosecutor of Seoul’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Shen Yuting, the chief prosecutor of the General People’s Procuratorate, and Lee ho-young, the chief of the police, were also named as suspects. South Korean police have investigated 45 suspects in connection with the emergency, including 19 soldiers, 21 government officials and five police officers, as of this newspaper’s publication.
South Korean police also announced on the 30th, has just been impeached to the State Premier Han Duk-soo issued a second court notice. This is the first time the police have called for a second investigation into Han Duk-soo. The report said police were now investigating whether former Defence Minister Kim Lung-hsien had reported to Han Duk-soo during his role in leading the civil unrest. “I did not receive any report until 9pm on December 3 at the presidential palace in Long S?n to hear the president’s martial law plan,” Han Duk-soo said, they “Reported in advance to Prime Minister Han Duk-soo and recommended martial law to the president”. The police also said additional investigations could be carried out into other state councillors involved in the pre-martial council.
The interim leader of the ruling party took office
According to a report by the Yonhap News Agency on the 30th, the chairman (interim leader) of the Emergency Response Committee of the ruling National Power Party of South Korea, Kwon Ninh-shih, was formally inaugurated, the appointment was approved on the same day at an online meeting of the party’s national committee. At this time, from the“12.3 emergency martial law event” has been 27 days, from the former party leader Han dong-hoon resignation has been two weeks. Quan Ningshi did not hold the inauguration ceremony on the same day, but went to Wu’an Airport to console the families of the victims. He also apologized to the public on the same day for the emergency martial law incident and the impeachment case, and proposed to the opposition party to stop additional impeachment, restart the interrupted political consultative system.
Reported that the National Power Party Emergency Response Committee members of the case will be 31 to vote. The Emergency Response Committee will be composed of 7 members, including Kim Sang-hoon, the chairman of the Policy Committee, and the party whip power. The party constitution of the National Power Party stipulates that the duration of the activities of the Emergency Response Committee shall be six months, which may be extended to one year after consideration and vote by the National Committee. Once the appointment is approved, the party will move to a caretaker leadership system led by power.
According to a report in South Korea’s East Asia daily on the 30th, due to the ongoing political chaos triggered by the impeachment, major economic bills, such as the semiconductor special law, which is highly anticipated by the Korean Economic Community, failed to pass in the National Assembly. The industry is demanding that the Bills be prioritised in an interim session of Parliament in January 2025, to ensure that the“Non-controversial bills” put forward by all parties, both political and opposition, are passed as quickly as possible.
Public opinion called on the government to take action
Faced with the political difficulties of the impeachment case, the joongang Ilbo newspaper commented that the “Administrative gap” in Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes’s proxy leadership system had been exposed by the tragedy of the Korean airline, the public opinion requests the government and the opposition to interrupt the political struggle, reaches the compromise proposal the voice also to be higher and higher. In order to minimize political chaos, the political parties should solve the“Political tangles,” the first priority is to appoint judges to the Constitutional Court as soon as possible. “First of all, we should resolve the issue of the composition of the Constitutional Duksung Women’s University that will affect the trial of the president’s impeachment,” Cho Chun-wan, a professor at the Department of Politics and diplomacy, said in an interview on the 29th
East Asia Daily published a commentary on the 30th entitled“The need for ‘Urgent measures’ is the investigation into the suspected civil unrest in Yin Xiyue,” saying that, the South Korean people are experiencing“Constitutional order is not restored” in nearly a month of pain. Yin, who claimed to have“Promptly and forcefully investigated the state intelligence agency and arrested its staff without reporting to his superiors,” has now refused to respond to subpoenas from the investigative authorities. The comments were of the view that urgent measures against Yin Xiyue were imminent and that the public investigation service should act quickly and adopt a mandatory investigation programme to prevent it from destroying relevant evidence. The presidential guard can not make the mistake of blocking emergency measures. It should be loyal to the South Korean people, not the president.