Democrats: “If power was cut on the 2nd floor, the ‘martial law lift’ assembly could not have convened”,
, ‘\n’,
, ‘[Anchor]’,
,
, ‘It was belatedly revealed that the martial law troops, who entered the main building of the National Assembly during the emergency martial law of December 3, had cut the electricity on the first basement floor. The opposition party disclosed CCTV footage, claiming that the power was cut for nearly six minutes.’,
,
, ‘This is reporter Kang Hee-yeon.’,
,
, ‘[Reporter]’,
,
, ‘Here is the scene right after the proposal to lift martial law was passed in the plenary session of the National Assembly on the early morning of December 4 last year.’,
,
, ‘The martial law troops moved to the first basement floor of the main building and, around 1:06 AM, pulled the switches for the regular and emergency lighting in turn.’,
,
, ‘Immediately, the basement went dark, and this situation lasted for 5 minutes and 48 seconds.’,
,
, ‘The Democratic Party disclosed the CCTV footage, stating, “If the martial law troops had cut the power on the 2nd floor where the plenary hall is located, the plenary session for martial law lift could not have convened.”‘,
,
, ‘Previously, President Yoon claimed that deploying martial law troops to the National Assembly was for maintaining order, and that neither power nor water was cut.’,
,
, ‘[4th National Statement (December 12, 2024): It was for maintaining order, not for dissolving or paralyzing the function of the National Assembly. Measures such as cutting power and restricting broadcast transmission would have been taken. However, none of these actions were taken.]’,
,
, ‘However, the opposition party pointed out that President Yoon’s claims have been revealed to be blatant lies.’,
,
, ‘[Min Byung-deok/Democratic Party Member: Even in this situation, is the deployment of martial troops for maintaining order? There was a directive from Yoon Seok-yeol to halt the resolution for lifting martial law behind the power cut by the martial law troops.]’,
,
, ‘In response, President Yoon’s side denied, stating, “The order to cut power was arbitrarily instructed by former Special Warfare Command Commander Kwak Jong-geun, not by the President.”‘,
,
, ‘The legal representative group also issued a statement saying, “The discussion on power cuts was not to paralyze the function of the National Assembly, but to carry out the task of securing control authority.”‘,
,
, ‘They further stated that the martial law troops going to the first basement floor, rather than the second floor where the plenary hall is, had nothing to do with obstructing the plenary session resolution.’,
,
, ‘[Video coverage by Shin Seung-kyu / Video editing by Lee Hwi-soo / Video design by Jung Su-im]\n’