Former People Power Party representative Han Dong-hoon said on the 10th, "I hope there will be an opportunity to meet the president someday when the time comes."
Former representative Han appeared on CBS Radio's "Kim Hyun-jung's News Show" that morning and noted, "There are quite a few people asking whether I am scheduled to meet President Yoon." However, he added that "it doesn't seem like a matter to discuss in that context." Former representative Han has maintained a close friendship with President Yoon, having served as Minister of Justice in the Yoon Seok-yeol administration. However, after he took on the role of chair of the Emergency Response Committee of the People Power Party and party representative, the relationship has soured as he demanded the presidential office address issues regarding Kim Keon-hee under the slogan of a "horizontal relationship between the party and government."
Former representative Han forecasted about the speculation that President Yoon's release would have a significant impact on the ruling party's presidential primary should an early election materialize, saying, "That's not the issue." He expressed optimism that "those who support our conservatives, and those who have rational thoughts, have made collectively rational and strategic judgments when it really matters," adding, "They will judge what is truly for the country and what is genuinely for our people."
Regarding the Seoul Central District Court's decision to cancel President Yoon's detention, he emphasized, "The procedure for personal detention has very important procedural legitimacy," and that "if the court determined there was a problem with the procedure, it is natural for them to decide to cancel the detention."
He continued, saying, "The CIO really needs to be abolished," and pointed out that, "This system called the CIO, was a forced attempt by the Democratic Party to disrupt the judicial system for political gain." He added, "It was passed in a rush and the system itself has many gaps and is too weak," noting, "There are many gaps that need to be filled. This kind of confusion was foreseen from the beginning."
Regarding the prosecution's decision to abandon the immediate appeal, he stated, "This is not a matter with precedent. So in such cases, independent judgment is important, and they probably made judgments considering various factors." He dismissed suggestions that Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung had gone easy on President Yoon by referring to it as a "conspiracy theory," stating, "The judicial system does not operate that way. The South Korean system is not so easily manipulated." He criticized the Democratic Party's push for impeachment against Prosecutor General Shim, saying, "Regardless of the procedure, saying, 'If I'm not satisfied, I will just imply impeachment,' is problematic. The public is quite concerned and sees this as dangerous."
In response to the host's inquiry, "Is there a change in the stance regarding the unlawful 12·3 martial law and the belief that impeachment was inevitable?", he re-emphasized, "Martial law is illegal." He stated, "It is very painful that we worked hard to elect a president, and that such a president enforced illegal martial law, leading to this situation." He added, "However, we must think of the country first and the people first. My thoughts have not changed since that day."