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South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from his duties, four months after his short -term attempt to impose a martial arts law caused a long political crisis.
The Constitutional Court announced in a unanimous verdict on Friday that he would support parliament Vote for the impeach Yoon last year due to unsuccessful capture of power, removing him to duty and ending his Presidency for less than three years in a five -year term.
Fresh presidential elections will be held within 60 days. Han Duck-Soo, named Yoon and long-lasting technocrat, will do the president’s duties until then.
Hard movement of former prosecutor to impose a martial law in December launched South KoreaThe most political crisis from the transition to democracy in the late 1980s, which led to his suspension and subsequent arrest for the criminal claim for rebellion.
In February, Yon told the Constitutional Court that his decree for the war law and his decision to distribute the trunk that the Storm Parliament in the country were needed to “warn the public” wickedness “of left -wing opposition.
But announcing his verdict on Friday morning, the head of the head of the Chief Judge Moon Hyung-Bae said that Yoon “violated the basic principles of the Democratic State.”
Moon described how in the attempt it prevented members of parliament to vote to reject their decree on a martial arts law, Yoon sent soldiers to the national assembly with an order to “break the doors and withdraw MPs.”
He said that Yoon’s Defense Minister also sent a communication service to supervise the position of the speaker of the National Assembly and the leaders of the main political parties – including his own – on the night of decree for ratiral law as a predecessor of the arrest.
Military officials also illegally reviewed the electoral commissions computer systems and monitored the locations of high judicial members, including the former main judiciary of the Supreme Court, Moon said.
“(Yoon) has mobilized military and police forces to dismantle the power of constitutional institutions and violate the fundamental rights of the people,” Moon said. “In doing so, he abandoned his duty to support the Constitution and seriously issue the trust of the Korean people.”
Yon continues to face a separate criminal complaint of rebellion. He denies any injustice.
The marked verdict, which has been the second time that the president has been abolished and removed from duty in South Korea in less than a decade, comes as the fourth largest economy of Asia with slow growth and deepening political polarization.
Kwon Young-Se, the temporary leader of the Yoon Conservative Power Party, said the PPP would accept the verdict and “sincerely apologize” to the public.
Yoon’s lawyer Yun Gap-Geun told reporters outside the court to feel “deep regret” for the verdict, which he said was “it seems nothing but a political decision.”
Considering the increased tensions of recent months and violence at some protests of Pro-Yoon, there was a great police presence on the streets of Seoul on Friday.
Near the court, some yon fans vandalized police vehicles, while others sang death threats against Lee Jae-Myoung, leaders of the left opposition Democratic Party of Korea and the leader in the race to succeed in Yoon.
In a statement, Lee described the verdict as a “new beginning for Korea”.
Jung Chang-Rae, head of the Committee on the Imperial Assembly of the National Assembly under the control of the opposition, described the verdict as “Victory for Constitution, Democracy and the People.”
Analysts note that South Korea is also Fixing to economic impact Protectionist trade policy of US President Donald Trump. There is also concern about the dedication of Trump’s administration to distract the aggression of North Korea, as the US president publicly considers publicly a renewed diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang.
Han, the acting president’s duties, said that “we will do our best to prevent disorders in areas such as trade and defense, supports public order and remains fully prepared for all kinds of disasters.”