Its president South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol,, faces impeachment after trying to proceed with enforcement martial law last week, he today accused the opposition of causing a “national crisis”, engaging in action “against the state”, defended his actions and assured that he would give “battle” until “the last moment”.
“I will fight with the people so that at the last moment,” the South Korean president insisted, stressing that he was not trying to “avoid legal and political responsibility for declaring martial law,” a measure he was forced to withdraw after a few hours. pressured by the Parliament and thousands of protesters.
The Democratic Party-dominated parliament, which is planning a vote on Saturday on a new proposal for the head of state to step down and remove himself from power, “has turned into a monster that destroys the constitutional order and liberal democracy,” argued the Mr. Yun in his speech.
Although he apologized “once again” to those who were “surprised and worried” by the declaration of martial law, he defended the measure and assured that he remains “loyal” to “the people”.
Facing a “sedition” investigation, Yoon Suk-yeol, 63, was barred from leaving the country by the courts, along with the former defense and interior ministers and the military commander tasked with enforcing martial law.
Yesterday the police announced that they raided the president’s offices.
The Democratic Party, the official opposition, has warned it will sue anyone in the president’s service for sedition if the legislation continues to be obstructed.
Yoon Suk-yeol caused consternation and outrage in the Asian country by imposing martial law on the night of December 3-4, before being forced to withdraw the measure six hours later.
On Saturday, he narrowly escaped a parliamentary vote to impeach him, thanks to his party. However, the Democratic Party tabled a new proposal for this and the vote is scheduled to take place the day after tomorrow Saturday at 17:00 (local time; 10:00 Greek time).
All it takes is eight members of Mr. Yun’s People’s Power Party to vote for it to be adopted. In the first vote, on December 7, just two voted in favor. However, as of Tuesday, three more have announced they will approve the proposal.
And late on Thursday, the leader of the presidential faction Han Dong-hun said the head of state should step down “immediately”, seemingly sealing his fate.