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South Korean parliament impeaches President Yoon

The Constitutional Court now has 180 days to decide whether to uphold the motion

https://asiatimes.com/2024/12/...ches-president-yoon/

Lawmakers in South Korea’s National Assembly voted narrowly on December 14 to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his abrupt decision to declare martial law the previous week, which the opposition has called a self-coup attempt. The vote was 204 to 85, with three abstentions and eight invalid ballots.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has up to 180 days to deliberate the impeachment motion. Yoon is the third President in South Korean history to be impeached by Seoul’s legislative branch, after former President Roh Moo-hyun in 2004 and President Park Geun-hye in 2016.

The former’s impeachment motion was dismissed by the court after 63 days, while the latter’s impeachment was confirmed after 93 days.

The impeachment motion on Saturday accused Yoon of “unconstitutionally declaring martial law,” and oppressing the National Assembly. It also called out the President for illegally trying to arrest key politicians and raiding the National Election Commission.

Constitutional Court holds the cards

With Yoon’s impeachment motion passed, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will assume the role of Acting President until the Court’s final decision.

“In these hard times, I will do my best to stabilize the country,” said the prime minister after Yoon was impeached by the legislature. However, Prime Minister Han also faces a probe by the police for his role in Yoon’s martial law decree.

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