Resolution Urging Swift Designation of Yoon Seok-yeol Impeachment Verdict Date Passes Judiciary Committee

Opposition Parties Demand Speaker Convene Full Assembly Meeting

A resolution urging the Constitutional Court to promptly set a date for the impeachment trial verdict of President Yoon Seok-yeol has passed the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee.

At the plenary meeting of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held at the National Assembly on the 26th, a resolution urging the swift designation of the impeachment trial date for President Yoon Seok-yeol was passed. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 26th, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a plenary meeting and approved the resolution. Lawmakers from the People Power Party boycotted the vote in protest against the resolution.

In the resolution, the National Assembly stated, "Despite the impeachment grounds and their seriousness becoming clear through witness testimonies and evidence during the impeachment trial process, the Constitutional Court has not set a date for the impeachment trial verdict without clear reasons or explanations," emphasizing that "the only way to end the extreme economic chaos and public anxiety caused by the December 3rd insurrection and to restore the lives of the people to normal is a swift impeachment trial verdict."

The opposition party plans to request the Speaker of the National Assembly to convene a full committee meeting to handle the resolution after the Legislation and Judiciary Committee adjourns. The full committee consists of all 300 members of the National Assembly. According to Article 63 of the National Assembly Act, the committee can be convened if more than one-quarter of the members request it before or after a major bill is submitted to the plenary session.