(ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, PLACES AND EVENTS ARE FICTIONAL)
I'd like to announce to you all
that Special Mission Unit 707 captured Myung Hae-joon,
the former commander of the North Korean army
who claims to have committed the National Assembly bombing,
after a shootout in Cambodia
and has transported him to Seoul.
Blue House officials stated
that Myung Hae-joon is being detained at a facility in Seoul at the moment.
A joint investigative task force,
which consists of officers from the NIS and the DSSC,
will thoroughly investigate
the authenticity of the video and find out who was behind the attack.
I didn't think
you'd recommend me for Myung Hae-joon's interrogation.
It tells me that you still
don't believe the suspicions I have about the attack.
Am I wrong?
Actually,
it's the opposite.
The interrogation will tell us
if North Korea was truly behind it as he's claiming,
or if someone else
was behind it like you said.
Still no updates from the NIS?
When can we find out who was behind it?
Will a day be enough? Or two days?
Will Myung Hae-joon tell us the truth?
Mr. President.
I showed you all how anxious I am.
The interrogation
must've begun just now.
Myung Hae-joon, the former head of the Operations Bureau
of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.
Blah, blah, blah.
Jeez, there's too much stuff.
You look better on screen.
I quite enjoyed the video.
Gosh, you tried so hard to fool us with such complete bullshit.
The North Korean government did not order
the bombing of the National Assembly Building.
Right?
The young chairman of the SAC wants
its label as a terrorist nation to be removed
so that it can start functioning as a normal country.
One that is internationally recognized.
The military reshuffle.
And I bet you couldn't accept the purge of Choe Seo Ryong, your adoptive father,
because you didn't want to lose the honor and social status you had been enjoying.
I'm sure you couldn't take it.
So you must've defected to Cambodia
and started planning the attack.
Why?
To get back
at the North Korean government and its young leader
for deserting you and your father.
At this moment, there is only one thing we can tell you for certain.
Since capturing him,
your approval rating has risen to 48.5 percent,
which is the highest it's been.
Except at the very beginning,
the Yang administration never received such a high rating.
This was achieved in just ten days.
Now, we can safely assume that the people
approve of you as a legitimate interim president.
And Myung Hae-joon is no longer a potential threat.
Did you all see this?
He is the most preferred presidential candidate now.
He outranked Yun Chan-gyeong and even Mayor Kang.
- If you look at this... - Secretary Cha.
Contact the NIS.
Whether it's an accomplice, a wire-puller, or the objective,
I want the officer in charge to report directly to me in person.
You mean, the agent who is interrogating Myung Hae-joon, sir?
Yes.
Well...
That will shake up the NIS' reporting structure, sir.
We made
a big sacrifice to capture Myung Hae-joon.
That
is all that matters to me now.
Did you want to provoke our government?
To be a force to be reckoned with in the North Korean military?
You wanted to go against the leader who's willing to denuclearize
and get in the way of the peace treaty between the two Koreas.
That is why you planned the attack!
That's...
called "disgrace," not "peace."
Our nuclear weapons are the fruits of all the hard work of our people.
During the famine,
our people had to shed tears
while seeing their children starve to death.
And our soldiers were dispatched
as mercenaries to earn foreign currency and secure supplies.
That is how our nuclear weapons were made,
and yet the Chairman is saying he will hand them over to American imperialists
because he's blinded by capitalism.
Denuclearization?
That means he will surrender without even fighting.
But we're different.
The Korean People's Army inherited the honorable spirit
of the anti-Japanese armed struggle.
Even if it'll cost us our lives,
we'll never get down on our knees.
So I guess
you just admitted
that the North Korean government and the Chairman of the SAC
did not order you to commit the bombing.
Who was it, then?
Who is the person
that ordered the attack, hiding behind you?
The real mastermind.
(DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS)
(DAY 49: GOVERNANCE) (EPISODE 7)
Why haven't we heard anything? It's been a while.
This is why I said the DSC should...
I mean, this is why I said the DSSC should interrogate Myung Hae-joon.
Well,
the DSSC will be taking over from here on.
We'll make him confess that North Korea ordered the attack.
You'll make him confess?
A mere confession can't serve as evidence in this day and age.
What will you do?
Will you coerce and torture him if he doesn't talk?
National security precedes human rights.
Don't you know?
The DSC is still the DSC even if it changes its name a hundred times.
Even cleaning this place with the cleanest water won't help
as it's still run by the same people.
Those of you in the NIS should keep your mouths shut!
Was the anti-terror law made for you guys to illegally monitor ordinary citizens?
You should've prevented the attack!
I'll give you 12 hours.
Tell your agents to find out who the mastermind is before time's up.
If they fail to do so,
the military will have to step in and interrogate Myung Hae-joon.
Tell us.
Who is behind you?
You're a mere defector without any means of livelihood.
You neither had the money nor the technology
required to obtain and handle all the explosives needed for the bombing.
The explosive demolition method doesn't require a lot of explosives.
The Internet cables, which South Korea is so proud of.
They acted as great detonating cords.
How could I know these things if I didn't do it myself?
All you people in the South enjoy the luxury of eating well,
but you're nothing after all.
And the great army of the DPRK
made a big mistake.
Even though the building collapsed due to the explosion,
there was a survivor in the plenary chamber.
A mere bomb attack can't take down South Korea.
But you know what? You'll die all alone on our soil,
after serving as the instigator's puppet.
You'll die a lonely death here.
Without reaping any rewards or benefits.
You people just mooch off the American imperialists.
Don't you dare raise your voice at this revolutionary warrior.
I can make your National Assembly Building
go up in flames thousands of times.
On the day of the revolution,
I'll start by killing that lucky bastard who survived the attack.
And you'll be next.
You too.
What did you just say?
The one who survived... I mean, you will kill the survivor,
Assemblyman Oh Yeong-seok?
The Korean People's Army can do anything.
That is precisely why you can't be the real culprit behind the attack.
You still don't know
the bomber made an air raid shelter
in the National Assembly Building
so that the survivor of the bombing, Assemblyman Oh,
would live.
Did you say we should change the world together?
That outcasts like us can change the world because we're living
in a revolutionary era?
I'll give you my answer.
I bet the person has a connection with Assemblyman Oh.
The one who plotted the attack,
using Myung Hae-joon as a puppet.
Hey, move.
That's a dangerous remark.
Do you think Myung Hae-joon knows
who the mastermind is?
Even if he does, he won't tell us easily.
Whoever it is, it's the only person
whom he can trust and rely on at the moment, don't you think?
He won't betray him easily.
First, let's contact the headquarters and find out where Myung's family is.
Whether it has to be the carrot or the stick,
we must figure out a way to make him talk.
- Hurry! - What's going on?
God damn it.
Shit.
What...
He's dead.
What's going on?
What happened?
He's dead.
How, all of a sudden?
He was already dead when we came to pick up his mess tray.
Damn it.
I can't believe how careless the military intel command is.
What did you just say?
Lock down all exits. No one can leave the building.
- Hurry. - Yes, ma'am.
You take care of the rear exit. You, the main entrance. Hurry.
- Yes, sir. - Quick.
He's in there, right?
Yes, he's talking with Ms. Jeong.
How's that possible?
Myung Hae-joon was detained in our military intel command's facility.
How could this happen?
What do we say to the people?
Nothing. We cannot make this public yet.
Until we track down who did it and find out what happened...
It's neither for your approval rating nor for your political career.
Our military and intel agencies.
This could shake the foundations of this country.
Perhaps...
Someone more frightening than North Korea may have been behind the bombing.
Based on what we can see around his mouth,
I'm assuming he was poisoned
through food.
We can't say anything for certain until we have the results from the NFS.
But for now, yes.
It must've been very painful.
Every single finger is severely abraded.
Pain cannot absolve him from his crimes.
I'll check the security footage first
to see if the culprit's face was caught on camera.
What is it? What's the matter?
Myung Hae-joon left a message for us, a dying message.
(DYING MESSAGE: WORDS OF A MURDER VICTIM JUST BEFORE DEATH)
E, H, O?
What does this mean?
These are not letters of the alphabet.
This is Korean.
"Tae,
ik"?
It started with
the bombing.
The President and the Administration were annihilated,
and now the bomber has been murdered.
And it happened
on the most elite intelligence agents' watch.
We have no idea who the next target will be.
What if the Blue House is next?
What happens then?
Mr. Han.
I invited him.
I asked him to come back to the Blue House.
From now on,
he will be the Policy Advisor.
We have only one option now.
What we need right now is the cabinet.
A nonparty cabinet.
(NONPARTY CABINET: A CABINET THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO A CERTAIN PARTY)
A nonparty cabinet?
A nonparty cabinet is a neutral cabinet
that consists of Ministers appointed by the ruling and the opposition party.
What the terrorist organization wants
might have been clear from the beginning.
The collapse of Korea's state system.
Their ultimate goal must be PE.
The Presidential Election.
Confusing the presidential election and causing internal conflicts
is probably what they want.
We need to establish a firm government
and prove to them that Korea is still on its feet.
We need to show them they can't get anything from attacking us.
This is the only way we can offend them and defend ourselves.
Having the opposition party involved in the state affairs
will reduce unnecessary political conflicts.
And it will calm down the confused people too.
In 2011, when Greece was in an economic crisis,
they settle the government through a nonparty cabinet too.
- Mr. Cha. - Yes, sir.
Let's start with making a nonparty cabinet first.
Please organize a cabinet with the Ministers...
that are related to the election.
(JUSTICE, NATIONAL DEFENSE)
The Ministries that deals with the election
are Interior and Safety, Strategy and Finance, Justice,
and National Defense that will redeem the security vacuum.
The personnel department is getting recommendations.
(MINISTER OF PERSONNEL)
Here you are.
Strategy and Finance.
Interior and Safety.
Strategy and Finance.
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior and Safety.
Ministry of National Defense
(OH YEONG-SEOK)
(MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE)
This goes here.
"Undercover agent"?
He should have lived more righteously.
The Chief of Civil Affairs will verify the candidates.
Thank goodness.
Then we will discuss the verified candidates with the opposing party.
(WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT)
(MINISTER CANDIDATES)
(MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE)
Will Assemblyman Oh accept it?
He even turned down the position of Prime Minister.
He is not politically ambitious.
He will take the offer.
You sound sure.
Do you know Assemblyman Oh that well?
It's not that he's not ambitious, he just wants to hide it.
He knows what people are like.
It's the best virtue a star politician can have.
He turned down the position of Prime Minister,
but the position of Minister of National Defense?
Why?
Without the frame of a miraculous survivor,
Assemblyman Oh is nothing but an independent new assemblyman.
He must know that well himself.
The Prime Minister is responsible for government administration,
which is a lot of pressure, but Minister of National Defense isn't.
In a way, it's the best position for him
to use his area of expertise and settle into national politics.
I'm sure he'll accept it.
Mr. President.
It's time to interview the Minister candidates.
Oh, right.
Hopefully you were right, Mr. Cha.
He will be of great help to us.
Thanks.
I thought
you and I were one team.
I thought I was the only one who knows you well.
But you always surprise me.
You're overthinking this.
I was just embarrassed to say I was coming back.
I was afraid I wasn't acting my age.
Are you back because of the Presidential Election?
Do you want to make Acting President Park our candidate?
- Is that why... - Do you still believe
that an election
can change the world?
We can merely change the owner of the Blue House.
To begin the meaningless fight again, my life is...
too short.
Then why...
President Park said I should finish
what I have started.
Have you
found the next Presidential candidate?
Is it Assemblyman Oh?
Am I right?
Is he the person you've been looking for? The person who knows how to win.
It's Myung Hae-joon's dying message.
It's a list of people with the name Tae-ik
who were also involved
in illegal anti-government activities or violated National Security Law.
See if anyone with that name stayed in Cambodia
while Myung Hae-joon was staying there.
"Tae-ik."
We need a list of people whose last name is Tae and first name starts with Ik too.
Is this a dying message or twenty one questions?
Don't we have other clues?
This is basically like finding a needle in a haystack.
Let's find him.
We should find him.
We will try until we find him.
You said you wanted to work here for long, right?
Did I just go over the line and I need to quit?
We failed to prevent the bombing.
And the bomber died during the interrogation.
Do you think people will still trust us?
Wouldn't they think their taxes are wasted?
Tae Ik-joon.
Tae Ik-hyeon.
It will take a long time.
Go get some food.
Don't eat things like gimbap or sandwich.
Have some warm soup.
Tae-ik.
Whose name could it be?
He must be related to this, right?
During the whole interrogation, Myung Hae-joon seemed confident
as if he had someone who has his back.
The moment he died, he felt betrayed...
and wanted to accuse him, desperately.
For now, this is the only and the most important clue we've got.
I'll report all this.
I'll report the documents about Assemblyman Oh too.
Wait, Han-mo.
Someone in our agency...
knew there was going to be a bombing...
at the National Assembly building.
What?
What are you talking about?
How... Are you kidding me right now?
He should've told me sooner!
We could've stopped this.
He would've been disregarded.
Jun-o was devoted to this agency and his country.
If he had known,
he would've reported it.
So you're saying
that
someone in our agency is in league with the bomber.
Is this even possible?
What about the bombing itself?
Did anyone assume it was possible?
Everything that happened since that day
all should not have happened.
No one...
should be blindly trusted anymore.
Han-mo, a word?
Yes, sir.
Aren't you coming?
You.
Do you not trust me either?
Why would you suddenly ask such a thing?
The Blue House is requesting you.
The Blue House?
He wants a direct report from the agent who conducted the interview.
He being the Acting President.
I see.
Am I being reprimanded
or is this their way of telling me I'm fired?
Why don't you
take a sniff
of the air up there?
Sure.
Agent Jeong,
the President is waiting for you.
I'm glad you're debriefing the President in person.
You can tell him about the suspicions we have regarding Assemblyman Oh.
He's summoning me to hear about what we have on Myung Hae-joon.
Will he believe me
if I tell him about Mr. Oh?
Han-mo,
we have evidence.
Evidence that can't be refuted.
Thank you for coming Agent Jeong.
Due to the nature of this case, I wanted to hear it from you.
Do you have any leads?
Yes, I believe so.
- This way. - Yes, sir.
I'm glad to hear that.
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It's a relief.
I had no idea you'd be here too.
His help was crucial regarding the capture of Myung Hae-joon.
Moreover,
he's an actual victim of the bombing.
So what happened to Myung Hae-joon?
Right.
Thallium was found in the food he ate.
Someone poisoned Myung Hae-joon
to shut him up.
Does this mean that whoever poisoned Myung Hae-joon
is involved with the National Assembly Building bomber?
We haven't been able to prove that yet.
However, we are keeping every option open as we investigate.
Did he leave any messages before he died
about the bomber or his accomplice?
I'm sorry, sir. He refused to talk until the end,
and we weren't able to get any solid evidence.
But you said you had a lead earlier.
All I can tell you right now
is that
we will hunt the bomber or bombers
and serve justice to those involved.
That I can promise.
All right.
Please keep me posted then. I'll be waiting.
Did the debriefing go well?
Yes, sir.
Here are the list of candidates for the new nonparty cabinet.
Please send over the files needed to verify their backgrounds.
(MATERIAL USED TO VERIFY CANDIDATES)
- Sure. - Have a good day then.
What do you mean you couldn't debrief him?
Here. Look and you'll see why.
(MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: OH YEONG-SEOK)
Minister of National Defense?
Assemblyman Oh.
Thank you for accepting the position of Minister of National Defense.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to dedicate myself to this country.
I requested the NIS for background checks on the candidates.
The Secretary of Political Affairs is consulting the assemblymen.
Will they, and I mean the opposing party, accept this proposal?
The presidential election is approaching.
They won't like it.
(SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Let's go to the Blue House.
I need to speak with President Park directly.
What on earth is on Ms. Yun's mind.
She came running over to the Blue House...
It's not a positive sign.
The nonparty cabinet is for the presidential election.
It's to stabilize the nation. It shouldn't be a political agenda.
Students should be good to their parents and mainly study their textbooks.
Sorry?
What seems natural, reasonable, and desirable has never happened
during my two years serving in the Blue House.
Please withdraw your proposal for a nonparty cabinet.
To stabilize the government,
I'm asking the opposing party to participate in the administration.
You're sharing the power with us as a means to shut us up.
I doubt you have any to spare though
since forming a nonparty cabinet is above your pay grade.
The power to appoint ministers
lies with the head of the administration.
And currently, I am the head of this nation's administration, ma'am.
As you know,
the Constitution states that all the power and duties
of the Korean president is passed on to the acting President.
I'm sure you're aware of what experts in constitutional law say.
The acting President's authorities are
only to be executed to maintain status quo.
Do you know why?
It's because you weren't elected to wield this power.
People call it the democratic legitimacy.
A nonparty cabinet is needed to ensure a successful
presidential election.
As the man responsible for this nation,
I plan on performing all my duties.
Not a single passage
in our Constitution states
that an acting President's role must be kept to a minimum.
Then let me come up with a legal ground.
Withdraw your proposal for a nonparty cabinet,
or I plan to have you impeached.
A government official's abuse of power is definitely grounds for one.
Is an impeachment even possible?
To impeach a president, two-thirds majority vote
of the National Assembly is needed and that's over 200.
The number of survivors don't make up 200.
It's not impossible though.
President Park is technically only a Minister.
Regulations for a Cabinet member can be applied
which lowers the number of votes
to only half.
Only 150 votes will do.
There are 135 members in Seonjin Republican Party
and about a dozen from small or no party.
On our side... Jeez, I'm getting a headache.
It's what Ms. Yun wants.
She wants the press to eat up the news about his possible impeachment.
The scandal will freeze the administration,
stop the nonparty cabinet from happening,
and put a dent
in President Park's strong reputation.
Bingo.
So it all begins with the press yapping about.
Yes, it's me. Can you hold?
Reporter Jo, so...
There's a rumor about you making a move to remove President Park.
Is that true?
Once Seonjin Republican Party comes to an internal decision,
I will introduce a motion to impeach.
Do you believe that
implementing a nonparty cabinet is grounds for impeachment?
An acting President isn't an elected position.
It is an interim position which is only given the authority
to main status quo of our government.
A cabinet shake-up is far from that.
Acting President Park is using this time of chaos
to abuse his power in office.
How sure are you of the motion being approved?
Korea's National Assembly may have fallen,
but we cannot let our democracy be ruined as well.
That'll be all.
- Ma'am, wait. - One more thing!
Could you please answer more questions?
- Could you elaborate? - What is your next plan?
Ma'am, just one more.
- Ma'am! - Many have been asking.
Please give us your opinion.
Ma'am, just one more word!
(SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY AD HOC COMMITTEE)
(MOTION TO DISMISS PRESIDENT PARK)
"Korea's National Assembly may have fallen,
but we cannot let our democracy be ruined as well."
I support you, Ms. Yun.
An acting President reshuffling the Cabinet?
It must be stopped.
Just look at the state we're in.
Members of the National Assembly
are stationed here because they have nowhere to go.
A proper hearing seems too overwhelming.
Appointing people in positions without a proper verification?
The Blue House has crossed the line.
Therefore,
it is our duty to keep it in check.
I had no idea
that you and I shared the same views.
Protecting our nation's democracy
is a job for all members of the National Assembly.
It is my goal
to lay a bridge between the two opposing parties.
Assemblyman Park of Seonjin Republican Party has asked
for subway line number seven to be extended to Sapyeong Station.
Assemblyman Na of Seonjin Republican Party
has officially requested that you approve of the redevelopment of Mirinae District.
Assemblywoman Kim of Seonjin Republican Party...
Ms. Jang, when did you switch parties?
I asked you a question.
Why are all the proposals
only from the opposing party?
Does the city of Seoul have tax to spare?
You just said that you wish to lay a bridge between...
- Ms. Jang. - Yes?
Please tell me you're just stupid
and that
you aren't rebelling.
Will President Park withdraw his proposal?
They say that anyone can be in position of power,
but some are just not born with political DNA.
Sorry?
University professors.
Once you get used to teaching others,
you might withstand punches
but not finger-pointing.
You have no tolerance for it.
We'll accuse him of abusing his power and his self-righteous leadership.
The press will paint him as the man who crippled the National Assembly.
President Park can't endure it.
If he's no match to you, why even bother
with a pick-off throw?
Isn't it too early?
He's not the one I threw it at.
During that Baengnyeong Battle,
where were you?
When me and my fellow soldiers
were facing bullets due to an unreasonable command,
when the ones who survived
were suffering in pain
of the wounds and the people's indifference,
where exactly were you?
- Mr. Oh... - You were a member
of the National Defense Committee.
However, when we asked for your help,
you were never present.
Not even once.
In this nation,
you've never once been an underdog.
That's why,
in the nation I hope to live in,
there is no place for you.
Oh Yeong-seok
is more dangerous than I initially thought.
It's hard to guess what that man is thinking.
A politician whose moves are hard to calculate is dangerous.
So to have someone that dangerous beside the highly praise President Park
is even more threatening.
(SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY COMMITTEE)
(DISCUSSION REGARDING ACTING PRESIDENT PARK'S IMPEACHMENT)
Members of the majority party have disclosed their stance.
The majority party
just handed in an objection statement regarding
the nonparty cabinet.
On what grounds?
"Governing the authority
of an acting President who wasn't elected into position
is the underlying spirit of democracy."
That's just a justification.
Here's why they're really against it.
Look who's on the majority party's contingency committee
that was launched today.
The head of the committee
is the former Deputy Mayor of State Affairs of Seoul.
Its spokesperson is the former Deputy Mayor of Administration of Seoul.
Heading the Reinforcement Committee is the former Bureau Director of Seoul.
Now that's a pretty lineup.
They're all Mayor Kang's people.
Hurrah for democracy.
A nonparty cabinet is another name
for coalition government with the opposing party.
(CONTINGENCY COMMITTEE)
The majority party and the Blue House should work on recreating the government,
but the nonparty cabinet accommodates the opposing party.
Why?
That's because the acting President
isn't a member of the Democratic Justice Party!
Please withdraw your proposal
for a nonparty cabinet.
All party members who would be leading it are against the idea.
If the members of the Seonjin Republican Party
decide to introduce a motion for impeachment,
the public who are already exhausted
will hold you responsible for the chaos.
Are you suggesting
that we let them see the Blue House cave into the National Assembly?
We can't let it reach an impeachment.
Please withdraw your proposal.
You shouldn't, sir.
The majority and the opposing party will never fear you again.
The same goes for the public officials in administration.
If it doesn't fall through, with the Minister position still vacant,
your leadership might also lose its authority.
It won't just end with a chaotic government then.
It'll become a moribund or a vegetative state.
Meaning, the administration will become paralyzed.
I only wanted one thing from the start.
I wanted...
the presidential election to be held as planned.
That's why a non-party cabinet was needed.
However,
now I only have two options.
Impeachment
or...
paralysis in state affairs.
Do I...
have to make this decision?
What do you think...
President Park will choose to do?
As Chief Presidential Secretary,
you must know him best.
Well...
It isn't the outcome I hope for,
but he won't be able to push ahead to the end.
It's his first time having so many people oppose to him like this.
He won't want to become someone's enemy.
He's still a good person.
Our help in the kitchen asked
whether you're going to shower first
or eat first.
Which is it?
What would you like to do?
Do you...
really have to ask me that? You can decide that much.
How would anyone other than you make that decision?
Did something happen?
So?
What is it that you really want to do?
Tell me.
Then I'll...
make the decision for you.
What I want to do?
There's one thing I want.
I want...
to go back to our house.
I want to go back
to school.
He won't go back to school.
Not President Park.
His approval rating for state affairs is 50 percent,
and he's the most popular presidential candidate.
With that approval rating, why would he return to school?
Just watch.
He'll say the people wanted him, that it was inevitable
or that it's his destiny
and announce his candidacy for the presidential election.
How is it going with the nonparty cabinet?
He'll withdraw it.
President Park is already exhausted.
If I become president,
you should be listed on the Guinness Book of Records.
You're the first Chief of Civil Affairs approved by four presidents.
That honor would be more than I deserve.
I'd like to spend the rest of my life
reforming the prosecution.
Minister of Justice?
Gwacheon is the best place to raise children.
You got it.
You changed drivers again.
Young men are like that nowadays.
They're not tenacious.
I told you
that I'll make the decision.
Even if we go back home,
you have to go without regret to feel comfortable.
It'll weigh on your heart forever.
I can't let that happen.
Please check if Chief An is at work.
I found legal basis to appoint a nonparty cabinet.
Mr. President.
First, I have something to tell you.
Is that true?
You're saying President Park was relieved of his post
as minister?
It was the morning of the bombing.
The president gave him the news personally.
I don't know if it's good or bad,
but it doesn't have any legal effect.
This is from the black box of Mayor Kang's car.
Then is this how word about your dismissal got out?
How did you find out?
I got a tip that the secretarial staff was leaking information.
That's how the word about President Park's dismissal got out.
It was given to the favored candidate of the ruling party
like war booty.
So we did an internal inspection.
While we were inspecting Chief An,
I got this information
from the driver Mayor Kang fired.
What do you plan to do, sir?
This is clearly breach of classified information.
You should replace him, sir.
That would be a warning to the rest of the secretarial staff.
I think
we should keep this to ourselves.
- Sir. - Tell Chief An...
to come see me.
- Did you want to see me, sir? - Yes.
Do you know why the Constitution
doesn't legally limit the authority of the acting president?
This is a thesis that presents the grounds for it.
(AUTHORITY OF A PRESIDENT)
(AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATION)
When an acting president is needed,
the nation is already in an irregular situation
and is in danger of unforeseeable circumstances.
He or she needs to have...
all the authority of the president
in order to protect the people.
This is the spirit of our Constitution.
As a citizen of this nation,
I plan to respect this spirit of the Constitution.
You plan to go forward
with the nonparty cabinet.
There's more.
Therefore, using sublaws
or the law to restrict the authority of the acting president
in any way...
can be considered a violation of the Constitution.
This means
the impeachment motion of the opposing party
and the opposition of the majority party
can all be considered a violation of the Constitution.
Chief An, you were a lawyer, right?
Could you come up with a way for the Blue House
to legally stand against both parties?
There are thousands of ways to interpret the Constitution.
This thesis is just one of them.
As a lawyer,
I don't agree with this interpretation.
I'm sorry.
I see.
Then...
I have no choice.
Call the National Assembly, Secretary Cha.
A hearing will be heard at the National Assembly
for our minister candidate and the opposing party's.
Sir.
I plan to appoint a new cabinet.
What?
President Park is going forward in appointing a nonparty cabinet?
Yes, he plans to hold a hearing at the National Assembly.
What?
How is that possible when we don't have enough people for a quorum?
He proposed for a public hearing to inspect the candidates,
not for the Standing Committee.
(CAN'T GET A QUORUM)
(NONPARTY CABINET MINISTER HEARING)
So when is the hearing?
It's 2 p.m. on March 22nd
at the Seoul Metropolitan Council.
Change our party's general meeting
to the same date and time.
What? If our assemblymen aren't at the hearing...
Whether it's a public hearing or not, it'll be put off temporarily.
The citizens should see for themselves that the president has abandoned
the opposing party and is crippling this nation.
Do you really insist on going to the hearing?
Seonjin Republican Party has a general meeting at the same time.
Mr. President,
your impeachment might be decided at that meeting.
I'm going to focus on one thing for now, Ms. Jeong.
I plan to have the presidential election be held smoothly without problems.
And to do so, the nonparty cabinet is essential.
I intend to do everything I can.
(SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY)
(PRESIDENT PARK MU-JIN'S IMPEACHMENT MOTION)
(GENERAL MEETING OF SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY)
(SEOUL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL)
(CABINET MEMBER CANDIDATE)
(NEW MINISTER CANDIDATE HEARING)
(GENERAL MEETING OF SEONJIN REPUBLICAN PARTY)
I'm sorry. Please wait a bit.
I'm sorry.
If this is everyone,
I don't think we can make a quorum for the general meeting.
The hearing... It's taking place!
I thought it would fall through.
Seonjin Republican Party's general meeting must have fell through.
How did this happen?
Maybe the good assemblymen couldn't turn their backs
on the hopes of the citizens' for a nonparty cabinet.
Then I have no choice.
If I can't deal with it legally,
I'll have to deal with it politically.
Is that true?
You're saying President Park was relieved of his post
as minister?
It was the morning of the bombing.
The president gave him the news personally.
I don't know if it's good or bad,
but it doesn't have any legal effect.
So?
What do you plan to do?
You'll get hurt too if it goes public.
So I am considering...
becoming an informant for the public interest.
Let's end the ugly history
of trading confidential information for power in the future.
I plan to come clean like this.
Informant?
Plan to come clean?
I have no choice.
If I get fired for leaking confidential information,
my 30 years of public service will go down the drain.
How will I face my children?
Then...
what about me?
Legally,
you will be accused and charged for leaking
confidential information of the Blue House.
Politically,
you will be branded the mayor of Seoul that slackened the discipline
of the public office to bring down your opponent.
Would you like to deal with this legally
or politically?
(MAYOR KANG SANG-GU)
Secretary Jang,
gather all the assemblymen. The civil complaints...
No, I mean...
their campaign promises. Tell them I'll carry them out.
Not our party!
The assemblymen of Seonjin Republican Party you like so much!
I heard that this was your doing
and that you won over our members through your pledge.
"Won over"?
Is taking sides necessary when we're just
trying to make our people's lives better?
I think I've told you.
Governance
is what I work with.
Why aren't you dismissing me?
I do not support you, sir.
I'm an unfavorable...
In this case, dismissing me
is the most natural thing to do.
If I were to dismiss everyone who didn't support me,
I doubt there would be many left at this Blue House.
I decided to announce my dismissal
because I knew you'd believe that it was in favor
of public interest.
That must be why
despite the change in power,
the past presidents chose you.
And we need help from all the competent men around us.
Was that a good enough answer?
You probably don't know about me and how I survived
in the Blue House.
Then
you can show me
what kind of person you are
and why you are needed here.
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(DELETE THIS FILE?)
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(DELETE THIS FILE PERMANENTLY?)
It was very unlike Mr. President
not to dismiss Chief An.
He has never disobeyed the principles.
But thanks to him, the assemblymen decided to help out with the hearing.
- But... - The opposing party
will no longer mention impeachment.
They'll be afraid of public backlash.
I was wrong, sir.
Mr. President won
without making any enemies.
I guess so.
I think I've found him.
The winner.
The one who knows how to win.
This is the first item on the decision making.
We will now begin the hearing regarding the candidates.
As you all know...
We're finally out of the woods.
But such controversies regarding the acting president will continue.
This is a public hearing...
There is one way to quell it.
And what is it?
You can be elected
under the democratic legitimacy.
You don't have to act on behalf of the president.
You can act on behalf of the people.
What do you mean?
Will you run for presidency?
Now, the candidates with take an oath.
The candidates
will stand up, lift their right hand, and take an oath.
The next president of the Republic of Korea.
Afterwards, please hand in the documents.
Now, please take an oath.
(DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS)
Mr. President will outrank all other candidates by a wide margin.
Do you think I'm suitable for that position?
You wanted me to call you once I was certain about the bomber.
Assemblyman Oh Yeong-seok must not become the Minister of National Defense.
There's an issue with Agent Han at the moment.
At least for today, it seems like Lady Luck is on my side,
not yours.
Subtitle translation by Soo-ji Kim