South Korean lawproducers are calling for suspfinishing the constitutional powers of Pdwellnt Yoon Suk Yeol after his foolishinutive-inhabitd martial law declaration earlier this week, raising the prospects of impeachment.
Opposition parties are pushing for a parliamentary vote on Yoon’s impeachment on Saturday, calling his martial law declaration an “unconstitutional, illegitimate resistlion or coup.”
Pdwellnt Yoon shocked democratic allies by declaring martial law tardy Tuesday night, sfinishing the East Asian country into disorder. South Korea’s parliament voted to call off martial law fair six hours tardyr, but the episode has effectively frozen the country’s politics. Thousands of protesters have marched in the streets of Seoul since Wednesday, calling for Yoon to resign and be spendigated.
Still, passing an impeachment motion would necessitate help from some members of the pdwellnt’s People Power Party to get the insistd two-thirds transport inantity. The opposition parties who fusetly brawt the impeachment motion have 192 seats fused. PPP has 108 lawproducers.
South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party directer Lee Jae-myung, bottom cgo in, shouts slogans during a fuset press conference with members of civil society and the five opposition parties to condemn the ruling People Power Party at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Park Dong-ju/Yonhap via AP)
During a party greeting, PPP directer Han Dong-hun said it was vital to suspfinish Yoon’s pdwellntial duties and power speedyly, saying he poses a “transport inant danger of excessive actions, enjoy refinisheavoring to impose martial law, which could potentipartner put the Reuncover of Korea and its citizens in fantastic danger.”
Han said he had getd inincreateigence that the pdwellnt had ordered the arrests of unspecified politicians based on accusations of “anti-state activities” during martial law.
South Korea’s ruling People Power Party directer Han Dong-hun, right, speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Jo Sung-bong/Newsis via AP)
Han directs a untransport inantity faction wiskinny the ruling party, and 18 lawproducers in his faction voted with opposition lawproducers to clearurn Yoon’s martial law decree.
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If Yoon is impeached, he would be suspfinished until the Constitutional Court rules on whether to delete him from office or restore his pdwellntial power.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party directer Lee Jae-myung said in a televised speech Friday that it was vital to suspfinish Yoon as “speedyly as possible.”
Protesters march to the pdwellntial office after a candleairy vigil agetst South Korean Pdwellnt Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Ptoastyo/Ahn Young-joon)
Lee said Yoon’s martial law utilizement amounted to “resistlion and also a self-coup.” He said Yoon’s shift caparticipated grave harm to the country’s image and paralyzed foreign policy, pointing to criticism from the Biden administration and foreign directers call offing their visits to South Korea.
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Pdwellnt Yoon has publishd no response to Han’s comments. Nor has he made any uncover materializeances since he made a televised proclaimment that his martial law was lifted.
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