The South Korean Constitutional Court regained the powers of Prime Minister Han Daco on Monday (24) after his isolation as a temporary president in December.
Han assumed the position of temporary leader of the country after the president Yun Sok Yol He was accused of imposing martial rulings in December. After the decision, Han immediately returns to his position as a temporary president.
“I am grateful for the wise decision taken by the Constitutional Court,” said Han.
“We will work together to prepare and implement responses for global changes and to ensure that South Korea continues to develop well in the era of major geopolitical transformation.”
Han Dac Soo
A Declaration of customary rulings De Yun has put the fourth largest economy in Asia in its largest political crisis in decades, causing a vacuum in the midst of dismissal, abandonment and criminal accusations of high employees.
Han continued at first less than two weeks in his position and accused and It was suspended on December 27After the conflict with Parliament, led by the opposition, by refusing to appoint three other judges in the Constitutional Court.
On Monday, the court judges spent seven votes to one, to cancel the dismissal.
Five of the eight judges said that the proposal of the dismissal was valid, but there were no sufficient reasons for the accusation of Han, because he did not violate the constitution or the law, according to the court statement.
Two of the judge decided that the suggestion of the dismissal against Han, the temporary president at the time, was not valid from the beginning, because two thirds of the legislators in Parliament did not agree to it.
Voice of a judge to dismiss Han.
Han, 75, served in leadership positions for more than three decades under five presidents, province and liberalism.
In a country with partisanship sections, Han was seen as a rare example of the officer whose various parties exceeded the lines of the parties.
However, Parliament accused him of the opposition’s leadership of not carrying out enough to prevent Yoon’s decision from declaring martial law, an accusation that he denied.
Finance Minister Choi Sang Mok took over as temporary president while Yun and Han cases were considered by the Constitutional Court.
Parliament agreed to isolate Han from its supposed role in martial law, and his refusal to nominate more judges to the Constitutional Court and support for private advisory laws targeting Yoon and the first lady, Kim Keun Hee.
Han appeared in the only session of the case on February 19, when he denied any role in the battlefield and asked the court to refuse to dismiss.
Customary law lasted only six hours, and it was overthrown by the promises of legislators.
The Constitutional Court’s decision to isolate Yun is expected within a few days. Yun also faces a separate criminal trial on charges of leading the rebellion by declaring martial law.
If Yoon is removed, new presidential elections will be held within 60 days.