Yoon Vows to Step Down if Reinstated By Constitutional Court
Yoon wants to make changes to the Constitution if he is reinstated and the changes are made he will step down:
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday he will focus on revising the Constitution if reinstated, suggesting he could step down before the end of his single, five-year term.
Yoon made the remark in his final statement before the Constitutional Court, which is expected to deliver a ruling by mid-March on whether to uphold or dismiss his impeachment over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.
“I will gather the will of the people and swiftly push for a constitutional amendment, doing my best to produce a Constitution and political structure that fit the changes in our society,” he said during the final hearing of his impeachment trial at the court.
“If a constitutional amendment and political reform are pursued correctly, I believe the separated and divided people will unite in the process,” he said.
“If that happens, there will be no reason to cling to the remainder of my term as guaranteed under the Constitution, and if anything, it will be a great honor,” he added.
South Korea’s Constitution limits presidents to a single, five-year term, but Yoon’s remark suggests he could accept calls to change the limit to two four-year terms and apply the rule to himself.
You can read more at the link, but this seems almost like a last effort hail mary in order to sway the court to not uphold the impeachment.
https://x.com/KrazeTrinity/status/1894401270641037424
Post from Kraze Trinity; couldn’t have said it better:
“South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol just dropped a powerhouse final statement at his impeachment trial—a masterclass in guts and clarity.
President Yoon’s unflinching.
He says he declared emergency powers because his country faced an existential crisis—think total meltdown—and he had to sound the alarm. No tanks, no martial law throwback; he frames it as a plea to the people.
The sprawling opposition? He accuses them of hijacking the crisis for a political lynching, shredding their own constitution to oust him. Sound like a playbook we’ve seen before?
President Yoon’s throwing haymakers: the leftist juggernaut, he claims, is tangled up with North Korean sympathizers—think spy rings and labor unions—while pushing to gut security laws and slash military budgets. They’re not just gunning for him; they’re paralyzing the government with nonstop impeachment stunts.
President Yoon’s response? He deployed minimal unarmed troops, held a lawful cabinet meeting, and pulled the emergency order when Congress pushed back. Zero violence, zero arrests—yet they’re screaming ‘insurrection.’ He calls it a sham, pure fiction.
But President Yoon’s got bigger sights: a constitutional overhaul to fix an outdated system, unite the nation, and catapult South Korea into a new era. He’s ready to bleed for it—pure Reagan resolve. President Yoon’s pleading with his people: see the threat, reclaim your voice. “I acted to save our democracy,” he says, “and I’ll keep fighting to turn this into a launchpad for a stronger republic.”
This is leadership staring down the abyss.
Pay attention—we’ve seen this fight before, and we know what victory looks like when the brave stand tall.”
https://x.com/i/status/1894401270641037424
This: https://x.com/i/status/1894553568729788911
Stop the Steal from Ewha Women’s University: https://x.com/i/status/1894575637597204510