Martial law investigation team calls for South Korean president to appear on December 25

MADRID Dec. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The impartial law investigation team has requested that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appear next Wednesday, December 25, which coincides with Christmas Day, for his role in decreeing the law, which has been the object of the internal crisis experienced in recent weeks in the country.

A member of the investigation team explained that they have sent the summons to Yoon for questioning at the corruption investigation office building for high-ranking officials located in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, at 10 a.m. (local time). , 2.00 Spanish peninsular time).

As reported by the Yonhap news agency, the entity has taken security issues into account when choosing the holiday to interrogate the head of state and has sent the summons by express mail and email to Yoon’s residence and the presidential office. after he refused to receive it during the first subpoena request.

Yoon, who was dismissed by Parliament, has been suspended from his duties pending the decision of the Constitutional Court, which has the final say on his continuity in office and has ordered him to present the martial law decree. , as well as documents that reflect what was discussed during the two cabinet meetings that took place before and after the law was announced.

The investigations have led to the arrest of former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, who allegedly attempted to take his own life in prison, and the head of the Counterintelligence Command, among others. Yoon, who has apologized for what happened, continues to defend his decision, adopted in order to “protect” the country from “forces contrary to the State.”