(19 Dec 2024)
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Seoul – 19 December 2024
1. Wide of briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Seok Dong-hyeon, lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon’s emerging legal team:
"Regarding the charges of rebellion, he never even thought about it, so he cannot possibly agree to such an accusation."
3. Wide of briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Seok Dong-hyeon, lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon’s emerging legal team:
"What kind of a rebellion is announced through a press conference broadcast to citizens, media and the whole world, as if he was saying, ‘I’m now about to commit a rebellion?’ When the National Assembly followed the constitutional procedure to lift martial law after two or three hours, we abided by that procedure. So, where in the world is there a rebellion that ends just because the National Assembly says to stop it?"
5. Wide of briefing
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Seok Dong-hyeon, lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon’s emerging legal team:
"Given the nature of this situation, if there are aspects where the president needs to express his thoughts, views, or convictions as part of the procedural process, I believe he is willing to address them without delay.”
7. Journalists at briefing
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Seok Dong-hyeon, lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon’s emerging legal team:
"Throughout his term, the president has faced numerous challenges. These include the difficulties of carrying out presidential duties and, at times, personal humiliation and other indescribable struggles. However, I don’t believe (the martial law decree) was an outburst or expression of emotions."
9. Wide of briefing
10. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Seok Dong-hyeon, lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon’s emerging legal team:
"The president appears to have been frustrated with this situation where the current imperial National Assembly seems to have rendered the president’s authority virtually ineffective, particularly in domestic affairs."
11. Wide of briefing
STORYLINE:
A lawyer and spokesperson for Yoon Suk Yeol’s emerging legal team, echoed the South Korean President’s assertion on Thursday that his short-lived martial law decree did not amount to a rebellion.
Seok Dong-hyeon said Yoon did not intend to paralyze the parliament and denied claims the president ordered the military to arrest his political opponents, including Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.
“Regarding the charges of rebellion, he never even thought about it, so he cannot possibly agree to such an accusation,” Seok said.
“What kind of a rebellion is announced through a press conference broadcast to citizens, media and the whole world, as if he was saying, ‘I’m now about to commit a rebellion?’" he added.
"When the National Assembly followed the constitutional procedure to lift martial law after two or three hours, we abided by that procedure.”
The martial law enactment lasted only six hours, but it caused huge political turmoil in South Korea and set off alarms from its neighbours and diplomatic partners.
Yoon sent hundreds of troops to the National Assembly to block its vote on his decree. But many lawmakers managed to enter a parliament hall and unanimously voted it down, forcing Yoon’s Cabinet to lift it.
Yoon has defended his decree as an act of governance, saying it was a warning to the Democratic Party, which he said has been using its parliamentary majority to obstruct his agenda.
The opposition-controlled National Assembly last Saturday voted to suspend Yoon’s presidential powers over his short-lived December 3 martial law.
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