South Korean president's lawyers to attend impeachment hearing

Lawyers for South Korean President Yun Seok-yol, who was impeached, will attend the court hearing. This was reported by Yonhap News Agency on Dec. 27.

"Representatives of the president, including lawyer Bae Bo Yoon, filed a notice of appointment with the Constitutional Court and will take part in the preparation of the impeachment trial," the president's side told the agency.

It is known that Kim Hong Il, former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, will represent the defense team in the impeachment case and the criminal case on charges of leading an uprising.

It is also informed that Daegu Gap-Geun Yoon, prosecutor and former head of the anti-corruption investigation department of the Prosecutor General's Office and Prosecutor General of the Republic of Korea, will supervise public relations issues.

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The situation in the Republic of Korea escalated in early December when President Yun Seok-yol declared martial law. He cited the threat of power paralysis caused by attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings as the reason for the move. The commander of the emergency regime - Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn Soo - noted that until martial law is lifted in the republic, the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The opposition party of the republic, in turn, demanded the resignation of the head of state and said it intended to charge Yoon Seok-yeol with treason. At the same time, all heads and senior secretaries of the presidential administration of South Korea resigned. In addition, the labor unions of the republic announced a general strike.

Then, on December 11, the South Korean police searched the presidential administration and police departments. The searches were conducted by a special investigation team to investigate martial law-related activities. The next day, Yoon Seok-yeol said he had no intention of leaving office and would resist attempts to impeach him.

The next day, the first deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, Aleksey Zhuravlev, shared with Izvestiya an opinion that the probable cause of the political crisis in South Korea could beUS discontent with President Yun Seok-yol because of his possible refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine.