Opposition angry at President’s decision to hand over powers to Prime Minister, said- this is the second coup…

Political turmoil continues in South Korea. The situation here became worse when President Yoon Suk-Yol announced the imposition of emergency i.e. martial law on the night of December 3. However, after massive protests, it was abolished a few hours later. However, despite this, the situation is still not right. Now the opposition here has accused the ruling party of holding on to power and carrying out a second coup by refusing to impeach President Yoon Suk Yol for the declaration of martial law.

Martial law that lasted six hours worsened the situation

President Yoon Suk Yol recently declared martial law (military rule), alleging that the opposition was posing a threat to the country’s democracy and stability. However, just a few hours later, the President withdrew this decision. This step was taken after public protests and strong criticism of the National Assembly. Martial law in South Korea lasted only for about six hours. However, the martial law imposed for a few hours shook the country’s politics. Advertisement

Opposition fails to impeach Yoon

There are protests across the country, including the opposition, against President Yeol’s decision. Due to martial law, opposition parties attempted to impeach President Yoon. However, the proposal failed as most of the ruling party MPs boycotted the voting. At the same time, the opposition has filed a police complaint against at least nine people, including Yoon and the former defense minister, for the alleged rebellion.

Agreement to hand over power to the Prime Minister!

The President and some top officials are being investigated for rebellion, but the attempt to impeach Yeol on Saturday failed after the ruling party boycotted. The party claims that the extremely unpopular leader has agreed to hand over power to Prime Minister Han Duk-soo and the party chief.

This is the second coup…

Democratic Party leader Park Chan-dae said that this is an illegal, unconstitutional act, which is the second rebellion and the second coup. He urged the ruling party to stop it immediately.

What is the rule?

According to South Korea’s constitution, the president remains the head of government and the commander in chief of the military unless he becomes incapacitated, resigns or steps down. In such a case, power is handed over to the prime minister on an interim basis until elections are held.

Putting Soo above self is like Yoon Yoon’s attitude: Park

Park said that claiming that President Yoon can remain in office but has handed over his powers to the prime minister and the leader of his ruling People’s Power Party – who are not elected officials. This is a clear constitutional violation, which has no legal basis. He said, ‘His attitude of putting himself above the constitution is like that of the rebel Yoon Sook Yoon.’

What do the police say?

Investigators have already detained the former defense minister, raided his offices, imposed travel bans on several top officials and on Monday summoned the general, who was made the martial law commander, for further questioning. Police said on Monday that Yoon could also be summoned for questioning. They said they were considering whether to ban him from traveling.

Woo Jong-soo, head of the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters, said: “There are no human or physical restrictions on the subject of the investigation. The police will conduct the investigation in accordance with the law and principles without exception.”