A bill to limit the president's pardon power for those who committed insurrection and treason passed the bill subcommittee of The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 20th under the lead of the Democratic Party of Korea. The Democratic Party calls this bill the "Yoon Suk-yeol pardon ban law." The People Power Party pushed back, calling it "unconstitutional."
According to the National Assembly on the 20th, the first bill review subcommittee of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a meeting that day and approved an amendment to the Act on Amnesty. The bill bans special and general presidential pardons for those who committed insurrection or treason. However, pardons are possible with the consent of three-fifths of the total members of the National Assembly.
Seo Young-kyo of the Democratic Party, who sponsored the bill, said, "The Yoon Suk-yeol pardon ban law follows the people's mandate that there can be no get-out-of-jail-free card for insurrectionists."
Members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee from the People Power Party walked out in protest of the bill. After the vote, they held a press conference at the National Assembly and said, "This pardon ban law is clearly unconstitutional." Na Kyung-won said, "The presidential pardon power stipulated in Article 79 of the Constitution is the president's inherent authority and a high-level act of governance," adding, "Trying to limit it by legislation violates the constitutional principle of separation of powers."