벼랑 끝에 몰린 김용현의 '지연 전략'과 거리의 메아리 > K-wave Trends

Legal pressure surrounding former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun has reached its peak. The second comprehensive special prosecutor's team summoned him as a key suspect on charges of rebellion and organizing a criminal group under the Military Criminal Act and intensively interrogated him about the specific chain of command that mobilized military forces during the martial law period and the process of plotting to take over the National Election Commission. Former Minister Kim's side is strongly opposing this investigation, calling it a 'double indictment' and an 'illegal investigation', but the special prosecutor is tightening the reins of the investigation even further by subpoenaing people around him, including former Minister Lee Sang-min, who were involved in the suspicion of relocating his official residence.

In addition to judicial response, former Minister Kim's side is also pursuing a 'delay strategy' to dig into institutional loopholes. He filed a constitutional petition claiming that the legal basis of the court in charge of civil war cases was unconstitutional, and as the Constitutional Court recently referred the case to formal review, the direction of the trial fell into the fog. Although the court previously acknowledged the legitimacy of the law and dismissed the request for unconstitutionality review, the decision to take the 'detour' of filing a request directly to the Constitutional Court is interpreted as an intention to delay the judicial process as much as possible.

Meanwhile, outside the market, radical voices defending former Minister Kim are still resonating. His lawyer claims to have confirmed the support of young people at the protest site and is continuing to wrestle public opinion by defining this incident as a 'rebellion' to protect democracy. The actions of the lawyer, who does not hesitate to use abusive language and incite outside the courtroom, appear to be a desperate struggle to deny the severity of the law and rally supporters to replace the judicial crisis with political discourse.