Constitutional Court to Deliver Ruling on Impeached Prime Minister on Monday
It seems to me that if this impeachment decision is being released on Monday that Yoon’s impeachment decision will likely be later in the week:
The Constitutional Court said Thursday it will deliver its ruling on Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s impeachment over martial law-related allegations next week.
The verdict will be announced at 10 a.m. Monday, the court said in a notice to the press, three months after he was impeached by the National Assembly over a string of allegations related to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed bid to impose martial law in December.
If the impeachment motion is upheld, Han will be removed from office. If it is dismissed, he will be reinstated.
Under the Constitution, the consent of at least six justices is required to uphold an impeachment motion. There are currently eight justices on the bench.
The motion against Han lists five reasons for his impeachment, including his alleged involvement in imposing martial law, his refusal to appoint additional justices to the Constitutional Court, and his refusal to promulgate two special counsel bills targeting Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee.
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Korea’s future is on the line. Go down the US route, with a constitutional crisis, with a leader who will be out of control, ignoring all court judgments, stuffing people into prisons or even carrying as retribution for his arrest and impeachment attempt, and making up his own laws whenever he feels like it…. I shudder to think what will happen to Korea.
An impeachment would allow a new leader for the ruling far-right party to be picked, followed by a quick general election…
That would let the South Koreans decide which government they want.
It’s up to those five right-wing judges to make the correct moral decision. We all saw on TV, the attempt at military coup, not to mention the fact that Yoon had ordered 3000 body bags (which was confirmed by the police), in preparation for a bloody clash against the civilians.