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Published on 18 Dec 2016
朴대통령측 "파면 정당화할 위법없다…탄핵은 연좌제 금지위배"
The details of President Park Geun-hye's defense statement against her impeachment, which was handed over to the Constitutional Court on Friday, has been revealed.
The details of President Park Geun-hye's defense statement against her impeachment, which was handed over to the Constitutional Court on Friday, has been revealed.
In it, she says the motion passed by parliament earlier this month lacked legal grounds and no serious crime had been committed.
Kwon Jang-ho starts us off.
An illegitimate motion with no conclusive evidence -- that's the reponse President Park Geun-hye has given in her statement of defense against her impeachment.
The statement was handed to the Constitutional Court on Friday, but parliament's opposition party lawmakers had been calling on the President to make that statement public.
On Sunday, those details were finally released by the President's representatives.
Aside from a lack of concrete proof, Park argued that she had not been accorded procedural rights to defend herself prior to the passing of the motion.
The statement added that her low approval ratings and the mass candlelight protests may have initiated the move for her impeachment, but that it ignored correct constitutional procedures.
Park also said that the Constitutional Court can only rule on the impeachment motion after the trials of those accused of influence peddling and embezzling government funds are concluded.
Several of those trials start on Monday.
Choi Soon-sil, the long-time confidant accused of have unconstitutional influence over Park, along with 4 other figures involved in the allegations, will have their first preparatory hearings.
The hearings will explain the trial procedures and lay out the allegations.
It is currently unclear whether the accused will be called to appear in court.
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court justices have been working through the weekend, and have met every day for the past nine days, suggesting urgency and a desire for a quick resolution.
The Court will review the President's defense, as well as take suggestions from parliament on Monday.
The first pretrial hearings for the impeachment case could start as early as this week.
Kwon Jang-Ho, Arirang News.
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