Han Dong-hoon, who said he would stop impeachment, said why he changed 180 degrees in a day. [Y Record]

■ Host: anchor Lee Se-na, anchor Na Kyung-chul
■ Starring: Kim Hyung-joon, chair professor at Baejae University, lawyer Yang Ji-min

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◇ Kim Hyung-joon
Among what CEO Han Dong-hoon said today, this is what attracts attention. A new fact has been revealed. The news that this new fact has been revealed has been reported to have confirmed such information as arresting and detaining politicians, including representative Han Dong-hoon, during martial law. So, I judged that it was not right for the president to continue his duties under these circumstances.

If so, the president talks with representative Han Dong-hoon in this area and eventually checks two things. Will you ask me to oppose impeachment or not? So, didn't the Constitutional Court say that even if he is impeached, he would fully plead in the Constitutional Court to solve the problem, or that he wants him to follow the party line because the party line is against impeachment, and if he makes any changes, shouldn't we give him a justification?

So, whether CEO Han Dong-hoon provided a reason that he could understand, the two things can be abbreviated and we can see. I don't think it's easy for anyone to guess about this.

◆ Anchor
This morning, CEO Han Dong-hoon expressed his position. We talked about suspension of his duties, which seems to suggest that he is in favor of impeachment, but what do you think about the possibility of representative Han Dong-hoon's position changing after a meeting with President Yoon a little while ago today?

◇ Yang Ji-min
I don't know exactly what happened between the two of them, but given that this meeting ended in less than an hour, it seems that there was not enough time for any in-depth discussion. It appears that the story actually did not advance to in-depth discussions and that they may have broken up.

From Han Dong-hoon's point of view, he actually needs to be suspended because he talked about it in the morning as the party leader. It can only be interpreted as voting in favor of the impeachment because if the impeachment is filed against the president, the duty will be suspended. After making such a powerful statement, I think it will not be easy when you consider political considerations to change your position again after the meeting with President Yoon.

Of course, based on how accurate the evidence is, representative Han Dong-hoon decided his position this morning, and what kind of evidence came out of the talks to change his position, which would be an issue, but I think it will not be easy in reality to decide on his position as the party leader of a party, change it once and then change it again.

◆ Anchor
When representative Han Dong-hoon announced his position in the morning, he did not mention the word impeachment itself, so is this exactly in favor of impeachment or not? There was also confusion about such things, but is the only thing that the president's duties are suspended the impeachment prosecution?

◇ Yang Ji-min That's right. The president actually has a lot of power and he's the commander in chief. If you are the chief executive and you want to suspend this president's duties, you have to actually prosecute the impeachment bill through a resolution in the National Assembly and by a very demanding quorum. This is what needs to be passed.

If so, the office will be suspended immediately, but impeachment is not complete. Of course, the Constitutional Court needs to make a judgment on impeachment. But first of all, CEO Han Dong-hoon also expressed his position very carefully. Considering that he did not say that he would approve of impeachment or that it should be impeached, but that he talked about the need for suspension of his duties, the possibility is that President Yoon will suspend himself and come down, or pass the ball of impeachment to the Constitutional Court through a resolution at the National Assembly. I don't know whether Han Dong-hoon is actively in favor of impeachment, but the fact that he talked about the implication of suspension of his duties can be interpreted as that the National Assembly is willing to cooperate in the resolution.

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: Yoon Hyun-kyung, editor of the digital news team

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