South Korea’s ruling party has hinted at impeaching President Yoon Suk-Yol. According to news agency AP, People’s Power Party Secretary General Han Dong-Hun said that it is necessary to reduce the constitutional power of the President. Ruling party People’s Power Party leader Dong-Hun said on Thursday – I have received information that the President tried to use the army to arrest many leaders during the imposition of martial law. My name was also included in this. He has become a threat to democracy. He should step down. Dong-Hun said that it is very important that the power of the President be reduced or else he can take a dangerous step like imposing martial law again. This can pose a threat to the country and the citizens. Earlier, the ruling party had refused to impeach the President. Dong-Hun had said on Thursday that he would try to reject the impeachment proposal. However, even then he had termed the President’s decision to impose martial law as unconstitutional. Now his statement is being seen as support for impeachment against the President. President imposed martial law, removed in 6 hours
President Yun imposed martial law in South Korea on 3 December. He accused the opposition party of having nexus with North Korea and being involved in anti-national activities. However, it lasted only 6 hours because the opposition parties overturned it by voting in the Parliament. Since then, the opposition parties are demanding resignation from President Yun. 6 parties together have started the process of impeachment to remove the President. Voting on this can take place on Saturday. Will the impeachment against the President be successful?
The very next day after the imposition of martial law in South Korea, the opposition parties together started the process of impeachment against the President. The opposition parties have a total of 192 MPs. In the 300-seat Korean Parliament, two-thirds i.e. 200 MPs are required to impeach. The People’s Party has 108 seats. Opposition parties need only 8 votes to impeach. After the statement of ruling People’s Party Secretary General Dang-hun, it is believed that some opposition leaders of the party may support impeachment to remove the President. Han Dong-hun leads a minority faction within the ruling People’s Party. On the night of December 3, 18 MPs of his faction voted with the opposition to overturn the President’s decision of martial law. Now these MPs can also vote for impeachment. Dang-hun was close to President Yoon, the relationship soured because of his wife
Dang-hun was earlier considered close to President Yoon, as both of them worked together for many years while practicing law. Dang-hun was earlier the Law Minister in President Yoon’s government, but after becoming the Secretary General of the People’s Party, the relationship between the two has deteriorated. Dang-hun is considered to be very angry about the scandals related to the President’s wife. They believe that this has had a bad effect on the image of the party. Why did the martial law end in just 6 hours in South Korea?
After President Yol’s declaration of martial law, the entire opposition reached the parliament in a short while. To remove the martial law, there should be more than 150 MPs in the parliament. By the time the army reached to take over the parliament, enough MPs had reached the parliament and the proceedings had begun. However, the army tried to stop the proceedings. Many opposition MPs who were going to vote in the parliament were detained. They started breaking the windows of the parliament to enter inside. But, by the time the soldiers reached inside, 190 out of 300 MPs of the National Assembly voted and rejected the President’s proposal of martial law. According to the constitution of South Korea, if the majority of the MPs in the parliament demand the removal of martial law in the country, then the government will have to accept it. The opposition leaders benefited from this provision of the constitution and the army had to stop its proceedings. The army immediately vacated the parliament and returned. Helicopters were stationed above the parliament and military tanks on the road, they had to go back. Why did President Yol need to impose martial law?
There are a total of 300 seats in the Parliament of South Korea. In the elections held earlier this year, the public gave a huge mandate to the opposition party DPK. The ruling People Power got only 108 seats, while the opposition party DPK got 170 seats. Due to being in majority, the opposition DPK was interfering more in the functioning of the President’s government, and they were not able to work according to their agenda. President Yol won the election by a narrow margin in 2022. Since then his popularity kept declining. His image was also affected due to his wife being embroiled in many controversies. At present, the popularity of the President is close to 17%, which is the lowest among all the presidents of the country. To deal with all this, the President imposed martial law. ………………………………………….. Read these news related to South Korea… President imposed martial law in South Korea: Army reached to surround the parliament, but by then the MPs had voted; had to withdraw in 6 hours South Korea’s President Yun Suk Yol has withdrawn the order to impose martial law in the country. The President had announced the imposition of martial law at 7 pm (Indian time) on December 3, after which protests started across the country and a situation of anarchy was created. Read the full news here… ……………………………………………………. Resignation of Defense Minister in South Korea: Took responsibility for imposing martial law, said – I sent the army to the parliament; New Defense Minister appointed in the country Amidst the controversy over martial law in South Korea, Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun resigned from his post on December 5. According to Korean news agency Yonhap, Kim Yong said that he is taking responsibility for the huge turmoil in the country. The President’s Office said that President Yun Suk Yol accepted the resignation of the Defense Minister. Read the full news here…
