Park Seong-jun, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, attended a special prosecutor's investigation as a witness on the 28th regarding the 'allegations of obstructing the National Assembly's vote to lift the martial law' during the emergency martial law on December 3.
The special prosecutor has been calling Park as a witness and conducting investigations since around 9 a.m. that day.
On that day, around 8:50 a.m., Park arrived at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, where the special prosecutor's office is located, and told the reporters he met, 'I will explain what happened at the National Assembly during the emergency martial law.' Park was the floor leader of the Democratic Party during the emergency martial law.
In response to a reporter's question about allegations that the People Power Party obstructed the vote to lift the martial law, Park said, 'I definitely believe there was obstruction from the People Power Party.'
He added, 'When elected powers do not represent the people's will and exercise power, democracy collapses,' and noted, 'It is a very serious signal of a democratic crisis when members of the National Assembly sympathize with insurrection and obstruct the lifting of the emergency martial law.'
The special prosecutor is investigating allegations that the leadership of the People Power Party, including floor leader Choo Kyung-ho, obstructed the vote to lift the martial law during the emergency martial law on December 3. At that time, the National Assembly's 'Resolution on Demand to Lift the Emergency Martial Law' was passed at 1:02 a.m. on December 4, with only 18 of the 108 members of the People Power Party present, resulting in 190 members present and 190 votes in favor.