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Jean Mackenzie

Correspondent Seoul

Watch: The South Korean Court removes Yon President from the function

The President of the South Korea was removed from the Office after the Constitutional Court unanimously voted to support its empire.

Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended with duty in December after parliament has interfere, after a failed attempt to impose martial arts law.

The decision on Friday met with tears of joy and sorrow among women’s critics and supporters, who gathered in various parts of Seoul to watch live judgment.

Voting elections for Voting to replace JIONE must be held until 3. June.

What follows for South Korea?

After multi-monthly waiting, South Koreans have a little bad closure. The land can now start fixing and move forward, the first step would be to choose a new leader.

But the Yoon crisis released away from the end. Although his military downloads lasted only six hours, political relegation increased only every month that passed.

Night 3. December, when Yoon ordered the troops in the weak parliament, they changed something into the psyche of South Korea. The ghosts of violent, dictatorial past, the dictatorial past, showing people that the martial law did not, as most assumed, sent to history.

Many are still upset about what happened that night, and is afraid that the threat of the martiality law could be redressed with future zealous politicians.

Getty Images Pierce of the obstructed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol joins the protest against his removal from the functionGetty Images

Today’s judgment, therefore came as a relief of the majority, who cheered on the streets of Seoul, while the verdict was read. The victory is for the democracy of South Korea, that for a while it looked like it was on a dangerous field.

The Constitutional Court is cursed in its critique of Yoon’s authoritarian strong force, because all eight judges were voted to remove it from the function.

The moon of Hyung-Bae, an acting president of the bench, said Joon’s short military pickup was not justified and that he had “(left) against the people who were to protect”.

He added that the implementation of martial arts “damaged the basic political rights of people” and “violated the principles of the rule of law and democracy”.

There are already serious calls for changing the Constitution of South Korea – strengthen its institutions and limit the powers of the President – to keep against this event again. However, a particularly patriotic future president will need to sign out of the reduction of his own authority.

South Korea more polarized than ever

In order to leave the Joon office, there is behind not only the Cars, but divided. In the postachine of that shocking December, South Koreans were mostly united in their nasty for the president and what he tried to do.

But Yoon showed no remorse. He buried, fought his trial at every step and continued to hang the same about the unconfirmed conspiracy theories that justified his military pickup.

He argued that the state and his political opposition were infiltrated northern Korean and Chinese spies, and that these “antitengen forces” became past elections.

Gradually more and more people trust him. Their Yoon is now political martyrs – the victim of the establishment that flooded “communists”.

His conspiracy theories firmly took the root, and the distant right extremism blooms. Thousands protest each week in the center of Seoul. They were on the streets on Friday, and will be there again on Saturday, claiming that politicians and judges of the country are corrupt and the elections are set.

And they are not edge views.

More than a third of the people now say they do not trust the Constitutional Court delivered by Yon’s verdict; More than a quarter do not trust the voting system.

Within this climate of distrust, South Korea must go to surveys. Yoon’s successor must be elected in the next 60 days. These days are sure they are crowded and even more separating. Many cannot accept the result that comes.

However, South Korea urgently needs a new leader that can be advocated for the country as a whole, after the months without one.

Quickly need to think of how to deal with the President Trump, starting at the background. Its 25% tariffs on cars and steel dealt with Seoul and his ill economy, early impact, but many believe he is still coming; It is only a time until Mr. Trump turns a view of the Korean peninsula, and when he does he will try to force southern Korea to pay more for his defense and cut the contract with the enemy of the port of Seoul, Kim Jong Un.

Reuters people dressed in sweaters and hats sitting on a rugular street. They spent the night outdoors WaiTng for the decision of the Constitutional Court on a crowded Yoona Suka YeolaReuters

Many were camped outside the court of the night before he was in anticipation of the verdict

Yoon’s legal team accused the court in politicizing the verdict.

“The whole process of this trial was not legal and irregularities,” said one of his lawyers, Yoon Gap-Geun.

“I feel sad that this is a fully political decision,” he said.

But politicians call in unity, asking that everyone accepts the verdict, so South Korea can begin to move on.

Yoon’s political party, PPP, he admitted, but I’m Yoon. In the statement, he apologized to his supporters for his “defects” without mentioning the verdict.

“I’m sincerely sorry and regret that I couldn’t fulfill your expectations,” he said.

“My great honor is to serve the Republic of Korea. I’m deeply grateful to all of you who supported and encouraged, despite my many shortcomings,” he said.

He cannot complain, because the decision brought a top court in South Korea. But he was vowed several times to fight until the end, he could still refuse to go peacefully.

How did we get here?

In unseen television announcement 3. December, Yoon said to refer to the martiality law In order to protect the country from “Antitle” force that sympathized with North Korea.

At the time, the leader in the dead end for the budget law, a whirlpool of corruption scandals and several of his cobinet ministers was under investigation.

Less than two hours after the Yon’s declaration, 190. Gathered representatives, including some of Yon’s party, voted to annul it.

Yoon was interfere with parliament and suspended from his duties 14. December.

He also faces special re-rebellion fees – making him the first sitting president of South Korea arrested and charged with a crime – who will be trials in a later meeting. It’s on bail now.

Yoon is not the only South Korean politician who faced the empire in recent months.

Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo is a century country leader – the role he took when Yoon was suspended – after himself moved to move the appointment of new judges in the Constitutional Court.

In 2017 Former President Park Geun-Hye He was forced from the office over her role in a corruption scandal involving a close friend.

2025-04-04 08:57:00

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