“I have no right to revoke the presidential election,” Pence finally separates from Trump.

The vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, expressed his intention not to reject the results of the electoral group in a joint meeting of the Senate and the House on the 31st of last month (local time). [AP=연합뉴스]

The Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, has expressed his intention that he cannot reject the results of the electoral body vote that resulted in the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. It is interpreted as meaning disagreeing with President Trump’s persistent demand to “ reverse the presidential election. ”

According to the New York Times (NYT), Vice President Pence said on the 31st of last month (local time) The vice president asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that he had no authority to revoke the results of the electoral vote.

Previously, Republican Congressman Louis Gomert was in federal court for the state of Texas. Vice President Pence must be guaranteed broad discretion in the electoral body certification process.He filed a lawsuit against the ‘Electoral Count Act’ enacted in 1887.

Republican Congressman Louis Gourmet filed a lawsuit against the Voter Counting Act, saying the vice president of the United States should have broad discretion in the electoral college certification process. [AP=연합뉴스]

The Electoral Counting Law is a law that regulates how Congress approves the results of presidential elections. Under this law, the Senate and the House of Representatives hold a joint meeting on January 6 to certify the results of the electoral vote. The President of the Senate will lead this joint meeting, and the Vice President will take the President of the United States Senate for granted.

According to conventional practice, this procedure is more of a formal procedure for accepting the voting results of the electoral group already established on the 14th of last month. As president of the Senate, the vice president also had the exclusive role of proceeding.

However, Republicans who sued, like Congressman Gourmet, “Under the amendment, the defendant Pence has the sole power and discretion to disclose and approve the electoral body of certain states.”“In each state, if multiple election voting results are published or there is an objection against the electoral group (in parliament), it should be allowed to decide whether to approve or invalidate it,” he said.

In the process of certifying and enacting the electoral body, Vice President Pence will be able to make decisions in favor of the Republican Party, such as excluding the electoral body in certain states that are disadvantageous to US President Donald Trump.

However, Vice President Pence said, “The defendant in this lawsuit, Vice President Pence, is paradoxically the party where the plaintiff wants to strengthen his authority,” and said, “The vice president cannot be a proper defendant.” “The appropriate defendant in the lawsuit should be the Congress that passed the bill (the voter counting law),” he said. It is noted that for a lawsuit to be established, the interests of the plaintiff and the defendant must be in conflict, but the defendant, Vice President Pence, and the plaintiff, Congressman Gourmet, cannot have different interests.

The vice president said: “Considering the time remaining until electorate certification, the time is short to address difficult constitutional issues that have not been addressed in the past” and “we must dismiss the lawsuit.”

US President Donald Trump is posting the gist of “I look forward to January 6” in a tweet. January 6 is the day election voting results are certified and published, and some Republican lawmakers have announced that they will raise objections to the election results. [트위터 캡처]

The Washington Post (WP), although limited to legal issues, It was the first time that Vice President Pence showed his willingness not to try to change the election results.Explained. Previously, President Trump was pressuring Vice President Pence by posting a tweet that read “I look forward to January 6.”

Before the joint meeting, within the Republican Party, there was a split on both sides over the objection of the electoral group. Senator George Howley said he would, although Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell urged senators not to appeal to the constituency.

On the 14th of last month (local time), Republican Senate Representative Mitch McConnell acknowledged the victory of President-elect Joe Biden after the electoral vote ended. He then urged Republican senators not to question the electoral group’s results. [AP=연합뉴스]

Already in the Republican House of Representatives, 10 members of the House of Representatives have publicly announced that they will appeal to constituencies in certain states such as Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Wisconsin.

According to Politico, a media outlet in the United States, on the 31st of last month, Congressman McConnell lobbied the Senate Republican Party to explain the reasons for the objection. Republican Senator Ben Sase said the day before that “the president and his aides are playing with fire” and urged Republican lawmakers to refrain from the objection.

Republican objections to the electoral body’s results are unlikely to lead to President Trump’s victory. If there is an objection in a particular state, the Senate and House of Representatives decide whether to approve the state’s electoral group through discussion and voting, because the Democratic Party holds a majority in the House and the Republican leadership in the Senate has expressed opposition.

Furthermore, to invalidate the election of Biden, who has secured a 306 electoral body, the results from various states must be reversed.

Reporter Seok Kyung-min [email protected]