The first parliamentary riots in the United States are showing signs of agitation even for professional officials. There is also an unusual situation where incumbent diplomats are calling for the suspension of President Donald Trump’s office by invoking Article 25 of the Amendment.
According to the results released on the 10th (local time) by ABC News and the polling agency Ipsos on 570 adults on the 8th and 9th days (sampling error ±4.7% points), 67% of respondents were due to violence at the Capitol. President Trump replied that he had considerable responsibility. [연합=AFP]
– According to the Associated Press on the 10th (local time), US diplomats posted two preambles on the State Department’s’dissent channel’. It was said that President Trump should be held openly responsible for the violence that occurred in the US Congress on the 6th, and accordingly, legal actions to invoke Article 25, Paragraph 4 of the Amendment should be reviewed.
US diplomats said in this preamble, “Just as we condemn foreign leaders who used violence and intimidation to disrupt the democratic process, we should also state President Trump’s name in each ministry’s public statement on this case.” “If we fail to openly hold the President responsible, our ability to achieve our democracy and foreign policy goals abroad will be further undermined.”Said.
At the same time, “we must support any legitimate efforts to protect the country, including the feasibility of implementing the procedures stipulated in Article 25, Paragraph 4 of the Amendment,” said Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It also included a request for review.
It is very unusual for incumbent diplomats to openly define the president as a’national danger’. The AP said, “The State Department objection channel was usually used to oppose specific foreign policy decisions,” and “(this full text) is considered unprecedented in terms of content and scope.”
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The Democratic Party of the United States decided to vote in the House of Representatives on the 12th as early as the impeachment bill against President Donald Trump. [연합=UPI]
– However, opinions are divided over the possibility that Article 25 of the Amendment will actually be invoked. It has the advantage that the process is faster than the impeachment process by requiring the Vice President to take over the authority immediately when invoking, but it is because various legal controversies may follow when invoking it.
Jeong-Geon Seo, Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Kyung Hee University, said, “As Article 25 of the Amendment Constitution presupposes the absence of the President, such as urgent surgery, it is not likely to be applied in this case.” “The backlash from diplomats reflects the dissatisfaction with the Trump administration, which has devised foreign policy by dropping it from above without going through diplomatic counters.”Said.
Meanwhile, the number of diplomats who participated in this preamble is unknown, the AP said. The US State Department has not responded to the full text.
Reporter Kim Hong-bum [email protected]
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