South Korea court upholds President Yoon’s impeachment, strips him of office

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The South Korean Constitutional Court on Friday retained a motion for President Yun Sik Yul’s disastrous martial law declaration, and voted unanimously to take office on charges of violating the constitution.

64 -year -old Yun was suspended by legislators on December 3 to end the civilian rule, in which armed soldiers were deployed to parliament. He was also arrested on charges of rebellion as part of a separate criminal trial.

The elimination of this begins the latest presidential elections, which must be within 60 days.

Acting court president Moon Hong Bay said, “Given the serious negative effects of the constitutional violations of the respondents and far -reaching consequences … (we) dismiss the defendant’s president Yun Sik Yol.”

The decision was unanimous by all eight court judges, who have been provided with additional security protection by the police, in which tensions and supporters of Yun are trapped on the streets.

The judges said in their decision, “Yun’s actions” violate the basic principles of law and democratic rule and the basic principles of democratic rule, thus self -imposing a constitutional order and threatening the stability of the democratic Republic. “

The decision to send Yun armed soldiers to parliament “violated the political neutrality of the armed forces and the Supreme Command’s duty to prevent lawmakers from voting for their decree.”

The judges said they deployed troops for “political purposes”, which led to the “soldiers who served the country with a mission to ensure national security and defend the country to counter civilians.”

The judges ruled, “Finally, the defendant’s unconstitutional and illegal activities betray the public’s confidence and there are a serious violation of the law that cannot be tolerated from the point of view of the protection of the constitution.”

Inconclusive

Yun is the second South Korean leader who was impressed by the court in 2017 after the Park Jeon High.

After weeks of stressful hearings, the judges spent more than a month considering the matter, while public unrest increased.

Police on Friday increased the alert to the highest level, which enabled them to deploy their full force. Officers surrounded the court house with a ring of vehicles and special operations were deployed in the vicinity.

With the announcement of the decision, the protesters of the Anti -Union shouted, cheered and screaming and screaming. Some jumped and shook each other’s hands with joy, while others hugged and cried.

Outside the residence of Yun, his supporters screamed and swore, some tears exploded when the decision was heard.

Yun, who defended his efforts to root out the rule of the citizens from rooting the “anti -state forces”, still orders the backing of extreme supporters.

At least two tough Yun supporters have died in their 70s and the other in the 50s-after being self-inflicted in protest of a controversial leader.

Embassies, including US, French, Russian and Chinese, have warned citizens to avoid mass gatherings in connection with Friday’s decision.

George Mason University professor, Boynghun son, told AFP, the decision showed “the first and most important flexibility of South Korea’s democracy”.

“The fact is that the abolition of this system does not show that Korean democracy can survive the worst challenge against it.

To restore ‘highly unlikely’

South Korea has spent four months when Yun has declared Martial Law without an effective head, as the opposition affected Yun’s position-only after that it will be restored by a judicial decision.

The leadership space came during a series of crises and headlines, including the destruction of aviation and the deadliest forest fire in the country’s history.

This week, after President Donald Trump unveiled globally, after the so -called mutual acquisition, South Korea was targeted by 25 % of the revenue to the United States on exports to key allies.

Since December, South Korea has been “partially paralyzed – it has been without a legitimate president and has been challenged by natural disasters and political catastrophe called Trump,” said Vladimir Tishunov, a professor of Korean studies at the University of Oslo.

Yun also faced a separate criminal trial on the martial law bid.