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Constitutional Court begins Yoon's impeachment trial process

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Rep. Jung Chung-rae, center, chair of the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee, walks into the Constitutional Court in Seoul to submit a resolution to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, Dec. 14. Yonhap

Rep. Jung Chung-rae, center, chair of the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee, walks into the Constitutional Court in Seoul to submit a resolution to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, Dec. 14. Yonhap

The Constitutional Court kicked off the process Saturday to deliberate a parliamentary decision to impeach President Park Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law attempt.

Yoon's impeachment resolution was submitted to the Constitutional Court at 6:15 p.m. by Rep. Jung Chung-rae, chair of the National Assembly Legislative and Judiciary Committee, a court official said.

Moon Hyung-bae, the acting chief of the Constitutional Court, said he will convene a meeting of judges at 10 a.m. Monday, and vowed to conduct a "swift and fair" trial.

The court has also decided to pick two judges to oversee an examination of evidence and form a legal review task force consisting of constitutional researchers. (Yonhap)