South Korea court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting president

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Seoul: The South Korean Constitutional Court on Monday restored the inactive Prime Minister Han Dick hundred, and restored him as acting president.

The judicial decision is the latest development in South Korea’s complex and widespread political crisis, which President Yun Sik Yol started in December with a short life attempt to end the civilian rule.

Lawmakers refused to vote for armed soldiers in Parliament on December 3, 2024, to vote for the martial law declaration, and soon Han affected him as the acting president.

But only weeks later, he was affected by the lawmakers themselves on the dispute over judicial appointments in the defeat of the martial law.

The court said in a statement today, “The Constitutional Court has decided to reject the petition against Prime Minister Han Dicks.”

The court ruled the 5 -year verdict against Prime Minister Han’s motion, two judges argued that the matter should not have been made in court because the legislators did not have a super majority to appoint Han in the first place.

Han’s position “cannot be seen as a fraud with the confidence of the people indirectly given by the president” judicial rules.

The decision is immediately effective and cannot be appealed.

Han, who resumed immediately on Monday to act on Monday, thanked the Constitutional Court for the “wise decision”.

He added, “I believe that all citizens are talking clearly against the highly polarized political sector. I think there is no place for division now. The priority of our country is to move forward.”

The order of the motion

The court’s decision was closely viewed because it has already come out before the highly expected decision on the suspended President Yun, whose date has not yet been announced.

Despite the experts predicting the decision on the matter by the middle of March, the Constitutional Court has not yet ruled, which has made the Yun case the longest consideration in its history.

If the Union of the Union has been maintained, South Korea will have to hold fresh elections within 60 days of the decision.

The lawyer and the political observer told AFP that Monday’s decision did not directly legalize the pending decision on Union’s motion. “

“The judges did not deliberately say Han’s involvement in the legal status of martial law, but did not deliberately say,” he said.

Yun was suspended by Parliament in December 2024.

He was arrested in a January raid in connection with a separate criminal investigation into allegations of rebellion in January – who are not under presidential immunity.

He is the first South Korean president to hear the case in a criminal case.

He was released from detention grounds in the beginning of March – a move that has appeared to mobilize his supporters.

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets at the end of the week, as rallies against Yun and rallies against it intensified before a court decision.

Yun’s ruling people, Power Party legislator Kovin Seyong Dong told reporters in the National Assembly that Han’s restoration was welcomed.

Quinn added that the opposition who affected him, “apologized for paralyzing state affairs with a hurrying bid for 87 days,” Kuven added, “which was done for political purposes.

South Korea’s presidential office welcomes Han’s restoration

The office said in a press notice, “Today’s decision confirms that excessive motives through the National Assembly are negligent and malicious political aggression.”

“We hope that the return of President Han’s return will begin to return to normal rule.”