On Friday (4), the Constitutional Court in South Korea ruled (4), at local time, President Yun Suk Yol refused, maintaining a proposal for Parliament for a short imposition in martial law last year, which led to the worst political crisis in the country in decades.
The court ruling coincides with the official resignation of the Leon from the presidency after the parliament voted in favor Customary rulings Again if repeated.
In a separate judgment, Yun was arrested in January On charges of leadership of the rebellion, he was released in March after the court canceled the arrest warrant – although he did not withdraw the accusations.
The eight judges of the Constitutional Court, unanimously, decided to maintain the isolation of Yun. The decision was received with relief and celebration by its opponents – but the protests by its supporters.
The issue was very disagreement Large crowds go to the streets In favor and against Yun’s removal. The police increased security in the capital before the ruling, preparing barriers and control sites, and warning of any violence.
It is a noticeable decrease for the previous promoter who has become political, and has gained importance for his role in dismissing and imprisonment another president years ago-only to find the same fate now.
What happens now?
The political chaos of South Korea has left a great global economy and an important American ally in a tense moment in global affairs, especially since US President Donald Trump’s agenda is decades of foreign policy standards and the dismantling of the World Trade System.
According to South Korean law, general elections should be held to choose a new president within 60 days of Yoon’s removal.
The potential candidate for the country’s next president is the leader of opposition Lee Jay Meong, the former lawyer and legislator, who lost a slight difference in front of Yun in the 2022 presidential elections.
Meanwhile, Yoon is still persecuted due to other legal procedures, including the trial of the rebellion. It is one of the few criminal accusations that the president does not possess for immunity – and is punished with imprisonment or death for life, although South Korea has not executed anyone for decades.
The prosecution argued that the imposition of military law by Yoon – during which he sent forces to Parliament, with the leaders who witnessed that they had received the orders of “dragging” legislators – was an illegal attempt to close the National Assembly and arrested politicians and electoral authorities.
Yoon said that his decree was justified by the political impasse and the “anti -patients” of North Korea, and it was conceived as a temporary warning to the liberal opposition. He claimed that he always intends to respect the will of the legislators if they vote to hang the decree.
In the end, customary law lasted only six hours. Yun reflected the declaration after the lawmakers were forced to enter Parliament and voted unanimously to prevent it for four months of political turmoil, as Parliament also voted in his favor. The isolation of the Prime Minister and the head of acting.
Yun profession
Before taking office in 2022, Yun was a famous prosecutor and a major figure in the comprehensive investigation of accountability in the last South Korean president, Park John Hayy. Park was removed from his position in 2017 and was sentenced to arrest corruption and abuse power in 2018.
Yun is now the second president who was used by the Constitutional Court – and the vulnerable leader at the lowest period in the history of the democratic country.
The rapid series of events is a significant decline in Yoon, which he referred to as an important ally by former US President Joe Biden. During a government dinner at the White House in 2023, Yun appeared as an honor guest without McLean and the rich “American pie” of an audience.
Yoon Serenade aims to show its easy relationship with Washington, which enhances the strategic bonds of Seoul with the United States. However, his critics saw that the moment is a strange distraction from urgent local concerns.
Returning to the country, she was shocked with the opposition, which won the middle term elections and used Parliament to reject the important members of the cabinet and delay the legislation. This was the dilemma used to try to justify his fateful decree.
