Earlier this week‚ President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked south-korea by declaring martial law which lasted just six-hours before parliament voted it down. The short-lived decree aimed to fight so-called anti-state forces brought unexpected consequences for the president
The ruling partys leader Han Dong-hoon made a surprising turn against Yoon‚ claiming the president wanted to arrest key politicians (a claim the presidential office later denied). Han stated: “Based on new facts our president needs to be removed to protect the country“
Opposition lawmakers dont trust the situation; theyʼre taking turns staying in parliaments main hall to prevent another martial-law attempt. The acting defense minister Kim Seon-ho says such worries are baseless
I knew it would be disobedience but I did not order that mission; I told them not to go in
More details about tuesday nights events keep coming out. Kwak Jong-geun‚ the special warfare commander didnt follow orders to remove lawmakers from parliament and told his troops to avoid carrying live ammo
The situation has hit Yoons popularity hard - latest polls show just 13% support. The opposition scheduled an impeachment vote for tomorrow evening‚ needing two-thirds of the 300-member assembly to pass. For success theyll need at least 8 ruling party members to join them
- Previous impeachment in 2016 led to conservative party collapse
- Police started investigating Yoon and ex-defense minister
- Government and military prosecutors plan joint investigation
- Opposition says people have already “psychologically impeached“ the president