the, the south korea solomon boats to defy the presidents cancelling his desperation of martial loan, which fox comes of nations from the country to talk to you all has betrayed the people. the president, you will suit you all as illegally declared martial law. from this moment on president youtube, you'll is not the president of the republic of korea, the haldeman managed to both even as special forces to the national assembly building. that's also filing class interrupted following the marshal load declaration controlled in charge from the countries preston school for children to join the cro d. u. a point again,

don't think this is a dock as hungary farm and as the questions that you use double standards when it comes to recognizing foreign election results if it is liberal. so when everything started, if it's useful when, if it is been served with the story and if it is the right thing to ramp, the nature of democracy is immediately impressed. the able welcome to you. it's 8 pm here in moscow, and this is on the international with the very latest world news updates. it's good to have you with us. we thought this out with breaking news that south korea's parliament has voted to cancel, the martial load declared today by the countries presidents early a special for his students, the national assembly building and a bid to qual on rest. following the news, the,

the stand off so violent connections between security forces and so is protesting against the presidents news special on the units tried to secure parliaments as crowns of citizens headed to the building to demonstrate the troops on now leaving the side in line with the decision of little make has to lift marshall door. let's find out more about this now i'm joined to the studio bio c corresponded with mon called the risk. thanks for coming in vermont. it's good to see you. so what was behind this decision by the president and the 1st place that? well, the 1st of all, uh uh, 1st of all, it was a really unexpected to move by the president's. it's something that you would expect from south korea, this internal political turmoil. but so you know, the president, so when out and said what he said, he started with an appeal to the people and it was really hard filled and unexpected. first of all, taking this and how it had been unfolding,

i appealed to the people with a heart that is bleeding to whom the government is paralyzed. what is on this tramples on the constitutional order of free south korea by disrupting legitimate state institutions established by the constitution and logging on you are. it is a clear act of treason that insights rebellion. i will protect free south korea from the threat of north korean communist forces. we will eradicate the shameless anti state forces that are plundering our people's freedom and happiness. through the state of emergency, we will rebuild and protect the free republic of korea, which is falling into the abyss of ruins, the pop up hovel. well basically have the presence of korea. he accused the ruling democratic party or deed in codes with the north korea. he started blaming number right away for the, you know, all the misgivings in the old of mismanagement and violations in the economy. and after he came out and declared this so martial law, immediately people started coming out to the parliaments that began protesting. now

the deputies from the opposition party tried to enter the building bike, the parliament building by climbing fences. opposition leader right away. he said that look at the present is no longer president. if he's announcing us something like that and go for more people to come to the parliament building immediately special forces. no, it came over, they were flashes with the civilians and they called for as well. hovering uh, you know, overhead. so it was really, really 10 situations there in the soul, of course, the goal will be all position was to impeach the president, and the president fed himself and found no other way to declare a martial law because they can use the get impeached. now, what is this martial law because it people are really understand the marshal law is a temporary by the military and the time of the emergency. when the civil

authorities are deemed unable to perform their functions. now the legal input x are still suspend, show suspension or fund normal, the civilian or civic activity, or all the extensions and minutes of your lore. and in siri it's temporary, but it could last for, you know, for as long as possible. but according to the south korean low, the majority in parliament can overrule this decision. and this is exactly what's happened now the president so use, so could go in this situation. she looks to be well in dire straits if we really can look for somebody to blame for all these uh misgivings and for behind his the should decision. the claim that the, the ruling democratic party have mishandled the budget. so they cut funds from the essential things like use jobs from the gas fuel development project and a lot more plus. so, you know, it should be just something that to, you know,

subtract the likes of the military when he said that the democratic party and actually put the brakes on the improvement funds for military officers by cutting their salaries or cutting the increased suits their salaries and key basically co codes the budget of the democratic party, a mockery of south korea. and so you went as far as the saying that there was nothing less of a dictatorship of if you will. so this is what was happening. but now, as we know, it's after being 40 has, i've over ruled and there's decision for a martial law and people began to legally solve in military leaving the area. so things seem to have come down. if i'm usual, there wasn't it to see such tales on the streets. all the soul is been moving forward to use. i think since the last marshal was the class in south korea, took us through some of the reactions to what's been happening. well,

the reactions was certainly was solar directions on the street where people were store banking, the apartment building and 0 position leaders saying that this is an illegitimate decision by the president. we saw all that things. it was solely flashes, but the president. so he came out from the people, power party and his own party are currently in a position to him loud. uh, former a justice minister hang don't who? he slammed the move plus. although position members have also called this decision will nothing short of an effective list. actually if they can listen to what they said, the president's declaration of martial law is wrong. we will stop it together with the people. a good president used to be all has betrayed the people as president. you suit your as illegally declared martial law of somebody from this moment on the president use suit you'll check is not the president of the republic of korea and

the people are the masters of this country. they were and you, the soldiers must obey not president. you and suki all, but the people in well, the presidents and the reason behind his move this tuesday could also be explained so little by political analyst. and they just took a look at the, the polls. and the president's approval rates has been in the free for recently, according to gallop korea, his public approval rating. plummeted from 41 percent just after his evaluation in april of 2022. and this november it went down as far as 17 percent. that's the president of the country. and this year it was as high as 29 percent. so the volatility is obviously very great. so let's go out of this thing. there were to break all of these things down. they could see this happening,

but of course you have to know south korea unplugged 6 before that, but the president himself, you put the blame on other for uh for his well ms doings, if you will, by claiming that the position are from north korea pro dpr k, which is probably ridiculous for most of the south koreans. so why did it actually go wrong for president? you hardly because it becomes so deeply on popular. well, i was reading up on it to the following, the south korean politics and, well, he's handling all the economy, his diplomacy, the way he lives on the international stage, will probably, you know, a lot of the reasons for, you know, for, for the, for the blaming by the whole position. now i recall a and he was in a highly publicized when he actually went to the united states and he performed the american prize song in front of the american politicians, a boy playing

a guitar. and that certainly didn't go very well with a cookery and people, but, you know, of course, that a sides of the, his decisions in the economy is sides of the presidents and the opposition, the seasonal position, the democratic party, the board, also in on all the ukraine issue because the president stated many times that's a you would either sell or give weapons to ukraine and to the members all position, the democratic party of korea. they were obviously against this. so, you know, the unilateral order decision by the president and they were urging him to see the approval from the parliament. first of all, before making any such decision was of course the parliament has the democratic party has the majority in parliament since the elections. and so there you go. all reason. so what do you think of the coming in and breaking that down for was appreciate, appreciate that's the ortiz long calls, or i think oh,

to the spouse at cool cars is now the constitutional force of georgia has refused to accept the appeal for the georgian president, tom field position to notify the results of the october 26, and that's not to accept constitutional lawsuits for consideration. the verdict is final and cannot be appealed or revised. let's find out more or less close live, now's warranties. i saw the jeep and sky, who's in the heart of the georgian capital, police see, i saw the good to see you. so just bring us the details of the constitutional court decision to reject the president of the hill. the yes us, why? the pro european president on moving 30 opposition and he's made an appeal to the constitutional court say in georgia saying that they felt that there was widespread freaking in the october election, which was won by georgia dream when they were re elected to the government. in this country,

they had appealed to the court to look at the evidence they were presenting and that has now been slightly rejected. the constitutional court saying no, it does not accept those appeals by the from you are paying. a and by those opposition, parliamentary make is saying that that decision cannot be reviewed, it cannot be appealed, it is a final decision. and this is a really big boon for georgia dream that is always to noise. the accusations of the reading that have been made over the last 5 or 6 weeks. this is a party that took almost 54 percent of the vote in those elections in october becoming the re elected governments of georgia. but despite that ruling by the constitutional quote, which confirms what we'd already heard from the electoral commission that the elections were free. in fact, if individually you can see the protest is back out dead. this is not 6 since the prime minister, the georgia dream problem in the says,

says that his policy would hold to walk through the e u for ascension a to the block until at least 2028. people are still angry, they're still here demonstrating they still say that despite all of these decisions . busy the vote was legitimate, they want to bring they government. um, now the george and prime is that has said that, you know, this kind of action is being stirred on by western for an active, but they are essentially instigating the violets that we have seen here into pc and also elsewhere in georgia over the last few nights and he said that this is not the 1st time that there's been an attempt to have a revolution in his country. and he has said that he will at any cost avoid that being another made in stone, who as they was in ukraine, let's just have a listen to his views on this. during these 4 years, we have gone through 4 attempts at revolution, national meetings. this is

a fact in june 2022, there was the 1st attempt to organize a national made and when we were not given the status of a candidate, an entry goes funded from abroad, entered the political scene and demanded the resignation of the government and their own coming to power. in the spring of 2023, there was a 2nd attempt at a my dawn in the spring of 2024. a 3rd attempt. and now we have seen the 4th failed attempt to organize a national maiden. we will not allow anyone either outside the country or inside it to use georgia for their, for an interest. we will not allow anyone to stage a coup or revolution and deepen polarization in the country. the, the well we all waiting for reaction to that decision by the constitutional quote from the pro european president who has stated in the last few days that she is not going to stand dine with her mondays and in the next few weeks roll. so waiting for reaction from european parliament and also you will be

a nation. the see have been calling for sanctions against georgian politicians, including the prime minister. his son both expects of already instigated the sanctions to gain some high profile politicians here in georgia. as a result of the fact that they say that those elections were not fat. but we've also heard from the european president, the not is the only issue encouraging move protests. she's now demanding that the protests are expended. and the school children come out and show that this fact inspection with the coverage is government after universities, it is the turn of schools to express their solidarity with the protest. all over georgia is salome. we hope that off to schools, you will not cool kindergartens to participate in protest actions. i think the question now is, how will you react to that decision by the constitutional court here in

georgia where they take set that decision when they accepted that quote, housing authority to declare that this was a free and fair election, that is something we're waiting to find but to search and we know that the use of the protest is here, is that they do not feel with the constitutional facts. they do not feel the boxes all either and the to, to move forward the, and that's why they say they going to continue to come on protest so far. we haven't seen a huge amount of violence, say on tuesday nights. but let's just give you a flavor of what we've been experiencing over the last few nights here to be see where it has really just send it to chaos and may have the

we have witnessed, extreme violence from the protest is. and then that has been responded to with a heavy hand by the police. and what we're seeing is that this country is split its out across, right? you have tens of thousands people will be coming out of the streets, demanding that a country move towards the repeat in union. but do they speak as the voice of a country of almost 4000000 people? and that is the question. the government says no, they don't, and it is refusing to fax down, it says it won't allow what happens in ukraine to happen here in georgia. charlotte, many times to bring it is up to speed on the situation that enjoys the solitude. started the buzz, give reporting it from the tools and capital subleasing. thank you. me well, nice. her chief mark russell has a lot of the ongoing and breast enjoy. just saying the alliance has always

supported democratic values, including on the government to promote peace. the 34th assignments are deeply concerning and i condemn them on the quickly. um, i 1st the government to all, to do all this can to promote peace and stability. and i think the decision, the interest of o a georgians, nato is an alliance based on democracy based on values based on a respect for freedom and democracy as a concept, but also as a day to day reality. and i believe strongly that these values are the basis for our collective peace and prosperity and an exclusive interview with all the young gary on the farm and as the patients the all to his house at the west tendency to declare any election on democratic if liberal candidates news, you can watch the full discussions throughout the day here on all the but for now

he's the top diplomats take on the ongoing political term or in georgia. events that are unfolding in georgia in tbilisi. uh, 4 nights for 5 nights of terrible protests. what's the view or from budapest, one with a very simple, very simple. and if it had to be in the opposition to win that election, that would be no protests. that would be no external pressure. and everybody, everybody would praise the fun bostic shape of the georgia democracy. but it's not. brussels is not the washington nissan. berlin is not very useful besides, but the georgia and the 200 people made a very clear decision. high turn out more than 50 percent support to the ruling party period. that shouldn't be respected. and my problem is that this is very general in your, in the case, it is not the liberals to be in the election of the democratic nature of the whole

con sandoval political system is being questioned immediately if it is uh, rigorous the, when everything's fine. if it spits else the when, if it is conservative story and if it is right spring to him, the nature of democracy is immediately question and this is both of them. and other needs now sas lady jill bind. it has broken the silence on the pausing office on her son saying that she supports the move the is comes off the job binding, go onto the pausing to hung to full crime. so you might have committed david an entire decade. the outgoing you as president has previously assured the public that he would know that his son off the hook i'll tease moreno cause or if i dive into the song of us because lending our hands to the relative and tell the american

public is reacting to these democratic familial phases, it was the most expected user and of all i get for some odd reason, the median think it was our act. and as if this is something in one socket decision would have been received very differently. had we not seen those very clear public denials, even after the election from korean, john pierre, who was unable today to even answer specifically, when the president's period of wrestling begins, the prospect reversed his previous position. he had law said that he would not part in hunter expressing faith and the justice system in the rule of law. white house officials and president barton himself have said repeatedly that he would not in fact, pardon hunter before leaving office. you know, i think that's going to be a very, very tough pill for people to swallow on this issue. every family has a black sheep and us presidents are no exception. so when a friend or brother is in trouble, they come to the rescue. starting with jimmy carter, he pardon his brother,

billy carter who was embroiled in financial disputes with libya. bill clinton helped out with his half brother, who was convicted of cold, came possessor and drug trafficking. while donald trump lens, a helping hand to his daughter's father in law, who was convicted of tax evasion and witness tampering. so again, why is everyone so surprised and appalled president trump, future president trump has been claiming throughout this campaign that he was the victim of some type of colors and by the justice department that he was targeted. so, you know, the idea that joe biden is now parenting the same, tied to a, a line in pardoning his son and the republicans blasting the president's decision. senator tom cotton arguing most americans can sympathize with the fathers decision to pardon his son, even if they disagree. what they can forgive is by lying about it repeatedly before

the election. this is the most shy, the way shocking. shocking is. uh that we rewarded. yes. um, you know, the pardon is on what bothers me. most is the lives that were told as far as whether bite and actually knew what his son was up to. that really bothers me to give. the 2 of them were obviously in, in, in conversation when hunter was, you know, practicing all these international deals. it seems that one of the main issues americans have with this, pardon, is the fact that joe biden promised he wouldn't? and you would think that it's the 1st time a us president breaks this promise. will you accept the jury's outcome? their verdict, no matter what it is. yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes, you have this question before it was asked of me not too long ago couple of weeks ago. and i was very clear and i said no. is there any possibility it's still and it's still a no, it will be a no, it is

a no. and i don't have anything else to add. will he pardon his son? no, we've been asked that question multiple times. our answer stands, which is now the only day. it's the fact that those visuals of hon for by then going wild or so colorful and memorable, that people are disgusted at the blades. and that that system will, that all the part of the question doesn't only cover his existing cases on tax and gullow offences. but any ad, all offense, as he may have committed from 2014 until when see it's wednesday for those 10 years of potential criminal activity forgiven. and the res, and not only on us soil, but in ukraine and china, where he was also cues of controversial business deals. i have never seen language like this and a part in document that purports to pardon offences that have not apparently even been charged with the exception of the nixon part and even the broadest trump

pardons were specific as to what was being pardoned. all us presidents have, at some point helped a friend or relative of, or a donor with a get out of jail free card. so whichever way you look at it, this is nothing new for the us, but americans, i feel like it's the 1st time this happens is quite comical. especially those who say that this means the end of democracy. heights braces here. let's close lines now. so daniel dissolved during the list and also many thanks for joining about our product, which is good to see you today. sorry to advise in on this team, repeatedly, claim tongue, so it would not be positive. it just the system would prevail yet. there's no a sudden you turn what's behind specific, early christmas gift. maybe. what else? things are falling apart very rapidly. i mean, i trump is going to, it looks like he's going to a point to a republican hit man named named uh, cash pat. tell as head of the f, b i uh and uh and uh, pets,

house top order of business will be to prosecute both uh, both buttons, father and son. uh so now uh this, pardon, you know, you know, removes a hunter from the line line of fire, but there's no doubt that pets. how will go after joe, but with uh, with, with uh, both guns blazing. i mean, america of washington is turning into a war zone and the store charity and presidents is taking power, is gearing up for war against the democrats. it's got a bloody abide, knows that he's trying to get his son out of the way while he congress down in the, in the fox. all. but it's going to be really, really bloody. as i said, me guess from us politicians have criticized the move. the thing that the, that by to should have pausing julian a song, there's not tons of buying to and wants to take on that perspective. that would have been very nice, simple and very good, but uh, you know,

with best buy now buy it and there's not a small de democrat uh biden's. as a neo con, it was horrified by a, by what julian massage did. he is ruth listed as wielding of state power. he has a face thirst for war. he has the star wars in, in a rack, afghanistan, the ukraine, and the middle east. he likes the military conflict and he doesn't like whistle blowers like a truly massage. oh no one, spite of decades, long legal trouble would seem to be wiped clean. it's got his clean slate other any legal as soon as they could see him brought to justice despite the positive, especially if the cash patel is nominated lower. don't say that any legal issues that would bring him that would subject him to prosecution. but one thing it's very interesting is that now the threat of prosecution has been removed. hunter can't

claim the 5th amendment against self incrimination, if called upon to testify against his father. do you follow what i'm saying? so therefore, he will be forced to testify against his father when it comes to such things as influence peddling in the ukraine. the reaping a private profits of deals in both ukraine and china, etc. so, so, so therefore actually a 100. so i hunter bite and could find himself being used more ruthlessly as an instrument for the price for the prosecution by cash pets. how do you think it's possible that the buy them families alleged ties to you? crazy and corruption could have influenced the recent part in decision we'll know about hunter's well paid role to the ukrainian company for wisdom a oh yeah, definitely definitely. i mean, he was, uh, he wasn't gauge and influence. peddling, his father interfered in ukrainian politics in

a way that benefit it is he claimed to be unaware, but it's hard to believe that. um and uh and, and yes, his son was wide open to prosecution on, you know, on charges of, of, of influence, pat, paddling prophets, he rang etc. and if he was, den joe biden was as well. but the, the ironic thing is that now that is his son is that a farms way, the pressure on bite and might actually increase. so what us mainstream media is not discussing is a preemptive pause. instead of the by did an administration officials, they're able to just suggesting the job, find them positive himself to pre owned potential problems as trump, you know, does where to, um, what are your thoughts on these proposals? yeah, it's just possible. certainly, we still have 7 weeks to go before the new uh, the new presidency takes over. uh so it's certainly possible that will happen. i

mean, uh, as i said, that trump is gearing up for war and, and the binding camp is therefore, you know, launching itself into, into a defense most so it will do whatever it cancelled or whatever it has to do to protect its flank. and certainly for the use of the pardon power as you know may very well be one of those things. many thanks for speaking to us today is always good to get your thoughts done. you'll as a journalist and also thank you. thank you, and thank you for joining us. a on all the international without, with plenty more than 30 minutes. i hope to see you then. yeah, the oil change has to do the but it's always been very, very funny. let me show that. can i do that? or models or more length, or frankly, if you have a smart through which solar was calculated with nation gear towards the.