WHO ARE THE Men
The Capital Defence Command “is a system similar to the United Kingdom’s Royal Guard”, Kim Ki-ho, a former army captain who teaches at Seoul Christian University, told AFP.
According to him, the men have a” tight chain of command,” and they would have to follow the PSS and refuse to pay any attention to Yoon’s attempts to reach him.
” If they are instructed to provide security, they have no choice but to comply”, Kim said.
WHY IS THE PSS DOING THIS?
Within the PSS, there may be a” powerful ultra-conservative ethos”, said Tikhonov.
The PSS itself has a checkered past, enmeshed with South Korea’s autocratic prior. Under then-president Park Chung-hee, it had tremendous strength at the height of its dominance under military systems in the 1970s.
Yet its power played a role in a power battle that led to Park’s 1979 execution by his intelligence chief.
The PSS was generally declawed following this, but the Presidential Security Act grants it broad powers that make it possible to secure a place for the leader.
IS THIS ALLOWED?
Experts are unsure whether this was legal, but the PSS invoked these broad powers on Friday when it blocked researchers.
Police chief Park Jong-jun, an accuser of obstructing justice, was soon contacted by opposition politicians and political parties.
According to Lim Ji-bong, a professor of constitutional law at Sokang University, Park and his employees” committed a fully improper action and can be punished for obstructing standard jobs.”
As PSS captain, Park could also be tried for “abuse of strength”, he said, calling blocking the warrant a democratic infraction.