Democratic Party's Special Committee on Internal Affairs: "December 3 Martial Law is a Clear Violation... Yoon Must Be Removed"

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea issued a statement on the 3rd, one day before the Constitutional Court's ruling on the impeachment trial of President Yoon Seok-yeol, urging his removal from office.

The Democratic Party's "Special Committee for the National Investigation into the Alleged Rebellion Charges through the Declaration of Martial Law by the Yoon Seok-yeol Government" stated at a National Assembly press conference that afternoon, "In order to restore the Republic of Korea, which collapsed after the declaration of martial law, the eight Constitutional Court justices must unanimously decide to 'accept' the impeachment."

The special committee claimed, "After a 60-day investigation from December 31 to February 28 into the December 3 martial law declaration, it was found that the martial law was a clear violation of the Constitution as it attempted to paralyze the functions of the National Assembly, a constitutional institution, by mobilizing martial law troops and the police."

They explained, "During the martial law, the police blocked all outer doors of the National Assembly to prevent lawmakers from entering, and former Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun testified in detail during the national investigation that the president instructed by phone to 'break down the doors of the National Assembly and drag out the lawmakers.' This is a serious illegal act intended to obstruct the National Assembly's resolution to lift martial law."

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They also confirmed, "Democratic Party members of the national investigation committee verified that part of the National Assembly main building was actually cut off from power by the martial law troops," adding, "If the resolution to lift martial law had been delayed by just a few minutes, or if the entire National Assembly, not just part of it, had been cut off from power, martial law would have been maintained, which is a shocking fact." They then questioned, "Despite the National Assembly being ravaged by martial law troops and the Assembly’s inherent powers granted by the Constitution and laws being infringed upon, how can the December 3 martial law not be unconstitutional?"

The special committee stated, "The results of the two-month national investigation into the rebellion alone provide more than enough reasons why Yoon Seok-yeol must be removed from the presidency," and added, "Conversely, there is absolutely no reason to not remove him, no matter how hard you look."

They concluded, "Tomorrow’s impeachment ruling on President Yoon Seok-yeol is the first step to restoring the destroyed constitutional order and rebuilding the fallen democracy," expressing confidence that "the Constitutional Court will deliver a proper ruling as the last bastion defending the constitutional order of the Republic of Korea."

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