look news india
Seoul, 04 December (HS). South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced the lifting of emergency martial law early today, just six hours later. He took this decision after voting against emergency martial law in the National Assembly. People came out on the streets against this decision of Yeol. South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party said it would bring an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol. It will be presented in the plenary session to be held on Thursday.
I accept the request of the National Assembly…The Korea Herald newspaper has reported in detail on this political development in the country. President Yeol declared an end to emergency martial law after six hours of chaos, according to The Korea Herald. President Yoon Suk Yeol this morning accepted the Parliament’s (National Assembly) request to lift martial law. He acknowledged that his surprise declaration of martial law was short-lived. “I will immediately accede to the request of the National Assembly and lift martial law through the Cabinet,” the president said in a televised address to the nation at around 4:20 a.m.
It was very early in the morning…he said, “I immediately called the cabinet. The quorum is not complete yet as it is very early in the morning. I will lift martial law as soon as the quorum is complete.” Conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law at 10:20 p.m. “with a strong desire to save the country.” At around 1 am, all 190 MPs present in the 300-member National Assembly voted against the President’s declaration of martial law. Liberal parties, including the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, have a strong position in the National Assembly. The ruling People’s Power Party supported the opposition. Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling People’s Power Party, said the night that things “went wrong” as soon as the president declared martial law.
Plenary session of the Parliament tomorrow, impeachment motion will be presented. After voting in the Parliament, the main opposition Democratic Party said that it will present the impeachment motion against President Yeol during the plenary session to be held on Thursday. A group of more than 40 MPs from opposition parties declared that the President should be impeached. The group has called the president “the mastermind of a treasonous act of state mismanagement.” “The president has committed an act tantamount to treason by mobilizing the military,” said Hwang Un-ha, floor leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party. It is clear that he cannot remain in office even for a moment longer. Therefore, we should immediately bring an impeachment motion. Hwang has sought cooperation from all parties. He said that voting on this should take place within 24 to 72 hours.
‘Yeol is no longer the President of the Republic’ Earlier, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung had criticized the martial law declaration, calling it unconstitutional and illegal. “The President’s declaration of martial law completely failed to meet the basic requirements set out by the Constitution and the Martial Law Act,” he told reporters shortly after the National Assembly voted on a resolution demanding the lifting of martial law. The President betrayed the people. His illegal declaration of martial law is invalid. From this moment, Yeol is no longer the President of the Republic of Korea.”
‘I will wipe out anti-national forces…’ President Yeol addressed the nation on television the night before this development. He declared emergency martial law in South Korea at 10:20 pm during his address. “I will eliminate anti-state forces as soon as possible and bring the country back to normal,” the president said in a televised briefing in his office, less than an hour before martial law was imposed across the country at 11 p.m. ” “Through martial law I will protect and rebuild the independence of the Republic of Korea,” he said.
‘Democratic Party den of criminals’ He claimed that political rivals “paralyze courts in the country by threatening judges and impeaching prosecutors and attempting to remove the interior minister, the top broadcasting regulator, the head of the Audit and Oversight Board and the defense minister.” Were staying.” The President said in his address that 170 out of 300 seats in the National Assembly are held by the main opposition Democratic Party. This party is a “den of criminals”. “This party wants to destroy freedom and democracy in Asia’s fourth largest economy.”
Earlier, martial law was imposed in 1980. It is noteworthy that South Korea had last declared martial law in May 1980. At this time the country was under the control of a military coup led by Chun Doo-hwan. Chun Doo-hwan became president in September 1980. Martial law was lifted in 1981.