South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said this Friday (13) that the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is the best way to restore order in the country, a day before a parliamentary vote on the brief Law Martial imposed by Yoon.
Yoon’s decision to impose military rule on December 3 was revoked six hours after it was issued, but it plunged the country into a constitutional crisis and triggered widespread calls for him to resign.
The president survived a first impeachment attempt a week ago, when his People Power Party (PPP) boycotted the vote, preventing there from being a quorum.
Since then, at least seven PPP members have declared their intention to support impeachment this Saturday (14), approaching the eight PPP votes needed to reach the minimum of 200 votes, in addition to the 192 parliamentarians from the opposition party.
Yoon vowed to “fight to the end” on Thursday, accusing the opposition party of paralyzing the government and claiming that a North Korean hack against the electoral commission had made his party’s crushing defeat in a parliamentary election in question questionable. April.
Democratic Party leader Lee called Yoon’s comments “a declaration of war” against his people.
“This has proven that impeachment is the quickest and most effective way to end the mess,” he said.
Opposition parties have filed another impeachment request and plan to hold a vote this Saturday.
Lee called on PPP members to “come together and vote in favor of impeachment,” saying that “history will remember and record their decision.”
A vote to impeach Yoon would send the case to the Constitutional Court, which has up to six months to decide whether to remove him from office or reinstate him.
This content was originally published in South Korean opposition leader asks the president’s party to support impeachment on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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