The political fate of the South Korean president will be determined on Monday
reported Mehr News Agency Citing Al Jazeera, South Korean media announced that after the country’s parliament voted to impeach South Korean President Yoon Sook-yeol, the Constitutional Court will hold an impeachment hearing on Monday.
Representatives of the South Korean parliament voted for the second time today and voted to impeach the president of this country, Yoon Seok-yul. The South Korean parliament voted to impeach the president with 204 votes in favor against 85 votes against.
Now, according to the legal process in South Korea, all the powers of Yoon Sook-yul will be taken away, and from now on, the Prime Minister of this country, Han Duk-soo, will take over the presidential duties as the interim president. .
The final decision on the fate of Yoon Suk-yeol rests with South Korea’s Constitutional Court, before which an impeachment trial must be held, which is expected to last several weeks.
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If six of the nine justices uphold the decision, Yoon will be formally removed from office and an election to replace him will be held within 60 days of the ruling.
The South Korean parliament supported the impeachment of the president with 204 votes against and 85 votes against.
South Korean media announced a few hours ago that South Korean legislators are going to once again vote on the government opposition’s motion to impeach President Yoon Seok-yul due to They will vote for the declaration of martial law.
The vote by South Korea’s parliament comes two days after South Korea’s president backed his controversial martial law decree on December 3, stressing that He will resist calls for his removal.
Last Saturday, Yoon Suk-yeol was saved from the lawmakers’ impeachment motion, because the majority of ruling party representatives boycotted the vote on this motion.
Yoon Seok-yul defended the declaration of martial law last week and said that “when I declared martial law on December 3rd and sent hundreds of troops to the National Assembly, I had no intention of disrupting it.” I didn’t have the order based on the constitution!”
He added that he made this decision to “protect the country” against what he called “anti-government opposition parties”.
According to Yun, the opposition parties have “paralyzed” the country by abusing their majority in the assembly. He emphasized that, contrary to the opposition’s claim, his action was not equivalent to “rebellion” and was within the framework of his powers in the constitution as president.
He added: I will stand firm; whether against impeachment or against investigation; I will fight until the end!
Yon declared martial law on December 3rd, but 190 parliamentarians canceled this decree by storming the body’s building in Seoul, which was besieged by junta forces. Following these incidents, South Korea plunged into a political crisis and calls for his resignation rose.
The 63-year-old pro-Western president of South Korea is facing charges such as “treason” and “rebellion” and is banned from leaving. Also, issuing an arrest warrant against him is not far off.
