section_path: Constitutional Court trial/Withdrawal of insurrection charge
section_name: Withdrawal of insurrection charge
paragraph_text: Withdrawal of insurrection charge
  
  On 3 January, the National Assembly petitioners removed insurrection charges from the grounds for impeachment to focus on constitutional violations related to the martial law declaration rather than pursuing criminal charges, in order to expedite the case. Park Chan-un, a law professor at Hanyang University, called this a logical move, as the impeachment trial is "fundamentally a 'disciplinary trial' focused on whether Yoon violated the constitution". The PPP criticized the move, claiming "the move exposed legal flaws in the impeachment motion and thus the motion should be nullified". However, the DPK defended the revision, asserting that since the impeachment trial is not a criminal proceeding, it should focus on violations of the constitution and that "the revision was necessary to expedite court proceedings". In its final verdict on Yoon's impeachment on 4 April, the Court recognized the withdrawal of the insurrection charges as valid.