**”Constitutional Court’s Impeachment Documents Sent by Registered Mail, Rejected by Security Office”**
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Hwang Yoon-ki and Lee Do-heun report that the Constitutional Court has ordered President Yoon Seok-youl to submit the minutes of the National Security Council and the edict related to the “December 3 Martial Law” by the 24th.
At a briefing on the 18th, Lee Jin, spokesperson for the Constitutional Court, announced, “On the 17th, Justices Lee Mi-sun and Jeong Hyung-sik, named to handle the case, issued an order to both the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairman, who is the prosecutor, and the respondent, President Yoon.”
President Yoon has been requested to submit a plan of evidence, a list of evidence, the minutes of the National Security Council meetings concerning martial law, and the first proclamation issued by Martial Law Commander Park An-soo.
The National Assembly has also been ordered to submit a plan of evidence and a list of evidence related to the grounds for the impeachment motion.
The court has requested minutes from National Security meetings held on December 3 at 10:17 PM, which lasted until 10:22 PM, and a meeting on December 4 around 4:15 AM for the lifting of martial law.
Before the enactment of martial law, the meeting did not have the usual declaration of commencement or adjournment, and there were no separate records such as verbatim transcripts, leading to it being criticized as a “hasty meeting.” Acting Minister of the Interior and Safety Go Gi-dong testified at the National Assembly on the 13th that there were no meeting minutes.
The Constitutional Court sent this preparatory order to President Yoon electronically the previous day and additionally by mail this morning.
However, whether President Yoon will actually receive the documents is uncertain.
Spokesperson Lee stated, “The documents sent to the President are still in the process of being delivered.”
Regarding the continued non-delivery, he added, “We are reviewing how to proceed with the delivery process.”
The Constitutional Court had sent related documents, including the impeachment motion, to President Yoon on the 16th, but confirmation of reception has not yet been received.
According to the court, the documents sent to the presidential office by mail arrived on the 17th at 11:31 AM but were not delivered due to “absence of the recipient,” and the documents sent to the residence arrived at 9:55 AM the same day but were rejected by the security office, according to the postal service’s explanation.
In response to a question on whether there were prior instances where documents could not be delivered to the respondent in an impeachment trial, spokesperson Lee replied, “Nothing comes to mind recently.”