The chairman of the ruling party in South Korea has demanded that president Yoon Suk-yeol’s authority the immediately suspended. Pointing to “credible evidence”, that he tried to arrest political figures after declaring martial law for a brief period of time.
Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the people power party (PPP) who had previously declared that he would resist attempts to remove Yoon from office, claimed that “newly emerging facts” had strong the balance against the president.
The statements
“I discovered last night that the president mobilized intelligence agencies and gave the defense counter-intelligence commander orders to arrest key political figures. Labeling them antistate actors,” Han stated. Han continued, “I have stated that I would attempt to stop the impeachment bill from passing this time in order to keep this nation from plunging into even more chaos.”
“But given what has come to light, I think it is imperative to prevent President Yoon from using his presidential authority as soon as possible in order to safeguard South Korea and our citizens.”
According to Han, Yoon had not admitted that declaring martial law was unlawful and incorrect. And if he remained in office, there was a “significant risk” that he would repeat such drastic measures.
Is Yoon going to be impeached in South Korea?
Between Friday and Sunday, the motion to impeach Yoon can be put to a vote. If the existing motion is unsuccessful or expires, a new one maybe fine later. To impeach Yoon, two-thirds of the National Assembly’s 300 members, or 200 of them, must support the move. Yoon’s conservative People Power Party would have to endorse the proposal, since operation groups old 192 seats.
On Friday, PPP leader Han Dong-hun demanded that Yoon’s official responsibilities be immediately suspended increasing the likelihood that the president will be impeached. Yoon would be suspended until the Constitutional Court’s decision on whether to remove him from the office if he is impeached. The second ranking member of South Korean Government Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, would assume the duties of the president
What Happened in South Korea?
In an unexpected broadcast speech to the country, Yoon declared the imposition of martial law for almost 6 hours on tuesday night, sitting threads from North Korean sympathizers and “anti-state forces.” Yoon’s directive was safely over turned by the national assembly, which voted 190-0 to do so.
At around 4 in the morning, Yoon revoked the order, but not before military had surrounded the national assembly and engage in combat with long acres and demonstrators. To impeach Yoon, the opposition democratic party has asked for a vote on Saturday night. However in order to obtain the required to 3rd majority in 300-member national assembly, it must receive at least eight votesf rom the ruling party
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