Once again to create a constitutional history of Korea! South Korean court on December 31 granted an arrest warrant for South Korean president Yoon Seok-hye on suspicion of civil unrest, Yonhap news agency reported. It is the first time in the country’s constitutional history that an arrest warrant has been issued against a sitting president.
According to the Korea Office of crime investigation for senior public officials, the charge on the arrest warrant issued by the court against Yoon is“The leader of civil unrest,” although the date of execution of the arrest warrant has not yet been set, but not more than 7 days at the latest. Having said that, South Korea’s high-level public official crime investigation division may not be able to arrest Yoon. After a South Korean court granted the arrest warrant, Yoon’s lawyer said it was“Illegal and invalid and unacceptable”.
At the same time, South Korea’s presidential security service said it would take security measures in accordance with legal procedures. In other words, you approve of your, people are not possible to let you take away.
After all, this is not the first time yin xiyue“Resisting arrest.”. In fact, after the adoption of the impeachment case against Yin Xiyue on December 14, the Constitutional Court has been sending Yin xiyue many documents, such as the“Notice of impeachment trial”, the“Request for attendance to summon an investigation”, and the“Order for preparation of materials”, by e-mail, sending special people to deliver them, and mailing them, but all were rejected without exception. This kind of kid’s general operation is really shocking jaw drop, the President can also be so? As one of the investigating agencies in the case of Yin Xiyue, the criminal investigation division of senior public officials who applied for the arrest warrant got off to a bad start.
It failed to summon Yin Xiyue three times in a row and was completely humiliated. As a new agency that has only been in existence for more than two years, the senior public official crime investigation division has so far had no record of any kind, the investigation into Yin’s involvement in “Civil unrest leaders” and “Abuse of authority obstructing the exercise of rights” is undoubtedly a good opportunity to build a successful career. After all, it was related to the social status and reputation of the department.
If the criminal investigation division of senior public officials wanted to continue to exist, they had to use some harsh tactics against Yin Xiyue. Therefore, after being slapped in the face by Yin Xiyue three times in a row, only then has the arrest warrant been used as a trump card. But want to really arrest Yin Xiyue is very difficult reason, from the procedural point of view, after the court approved the arrest warrant, Yin Xiyue side has the right to appeal, to the higher court to make a decision.
And although Yoon has now been impeached and suspended, his political identity remains that of South Korea’s president, whose fate should be decided by the Constitutional Court, not by an investigative body. Take, for example, Park Geun-hye, who was impeached and removed from office by the Constitutional Court before his arrest. At present, Yin Xiyue’s presidential impeachment case has not been heard by the Constitutional Court, it is not in line with the procedure to arrest the president for involvement in“Civil unrest leaders”.
Moreover, the office of the criminal investigation of senior public officials is not likely to clash with the presidential security office, because according to Korean law, for an arrest warrant that does not comply with legal procedures, the Presidential Security Service has the power to refuse and prohibit searches of the office of the president. Unless you even someone else’s security department, or Yin Xiyue only need to hide in the presidential palace closed door, you take him no way at all. Now Yin Xiyue, on the main hit a“Drag” word. Yin xiyue’s“Emergency Martial Law” was undoubtedly a shot in the foot, but when Yin Xiyue was dealing with her impeachment case, she could be said to have pulled off an act against nature, bringing a dead end to life. Yin Xiyue, who had woken up from the desire for a coup, finally saw the current situation clearly.
Now that the government has shut down, the Congress has fallen into the hands of the common Democratic Party, and the acting presidents have been replaced one by one, the National Power Party was a flop. So for now, Ms. Yin can use the delay to win back national support by publicly admitting that martial law was a mistake and saying that she“Won’t shirk her legal and political responsibilities.”.
On the other hand, the refusal to accept subpoenas from the court does not give the enemy a chance to face him head-on. Don’t forget that Yoon is a prosecutor, and has spent a lot of time with the courts. No one is more familiar with Korean law than he is. “East Asia Daily” pointed out that the reason why Yin Xiyue closed the door is using his legal knowledge and experience to start delaying tactics. So what is Yin waiting for? Wait for him or Lee Jae-Myung to give up. Because although Yin Xiyue is now impeached and charged, Lee Jae-myung also has a case on his back, as long as the second trial of the Democratic Party’s leader, Lee Jae-myung, convicts him of the alleged violation of the public office election law, then the tables will turn. After all, the CDP’s aim in impeaching Ms Yin was to get a presidential election as soon as possible and to put Lee Jae-myung on the ticket.
If Lee Jae-myung loses his presidential credentials, the National Power Party, now dominated by “Pro-yin” members, will still be able to fight the common Democratic Party in the presidential race, even if she steps down. So what Yin Xiyue is doing now is to wait for change. When it comes to dealing with impeachment cases, let the Constitutional Court idle for as long as possible until next year’s second or final trial of Lee Jae-myung for alleged violations of the public office election law. Although what yin did was not“Decent”, it seemed to work. For now, Yin and Lee Jae-Myung are in a race against time, and the fate of yin depends on the outcome of the game between the UDP and the National Power Party in Congress.
Although the common Democratic Party currently has a slight advantage, due to the impact of the plane crash, the government can not fully perform its functions. If the common Democratic Party pursues too closely, it will be considered as calculating for the benefit of the political party, there is a good chance of a reversal in public opinion.
Now, Yoon wants to be slow, Lee Jae-Myung wants to be fast. Moreover, the National Power Party, in order to stall Lee jae-ming, blocked the acting president from appointing the three newly nominated constitutional judges, while the Common Democratic Party, after impeaching acting President Han Duk-soo, he also threatened to impeach acting president Cui Xiangmu. Political polarization is serious, North Korea and the opposition parties in South Korea and the United States are equally bad than let, it is really confusing, exactly which side, the scenery alone good AH.
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