Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, prime proper, attends the ultimate listening to of his rebel trial on the Seoul Central District Court docket within the capital on Tuesday on this picture offered by the courtroom. Yonhap
Cheong Wa Dae stated Tuesday that it expects a courtroom to ship a verdict for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in accordance with the regulation and in a way that meets public expectations, after the particular counsel demanded the demise penalty over his failed martial regulation imposition.
“Cheong Wa Dae would count on the judiciary to ship a verdict on the particular counsel’s sentencing request in accordance with the regulation and rules, and in a way that meets public expectations,” it stated in a message to media shortly after the sentencing demand was made.
A particular counsel workforce demanded the demise penalty for the ousted president within the ultimate listening to of the trial on Tuesday, simply over a yr after the then chief declared martial regulation on Dec. 3, 2024, with the said purpose of eradicating anti-state forces.
The ruling Democratic Social gathering (DP) known as the sentencing request “a commonsense conclusion.”
“It’s a declaration that the regulation will maintain these accountable to probably the most extreme accountability for acts that sought to destroy the constitutional order and overturn the individuals’s sovereignty by drive,” DP spokesperson Park Soo-hyun stated in a commentary.
“It’s a commonsense conclusion that meets public expectations,” he stated, including that the courtroom ought to permit no leniency in its ruling.
