The South Korean Constitutional Court on Friday removed Yun Suk Yol from the post, ending his restless president and raising a new election, four months after he threw the nation into unrest with a bad announcement of Marshall Law.
Just a year after the verdict entered politics, the dramatic fall for the former star complainant, Yun, who became president in 2022.
At a national level television hearing, the acting chief of the court, Moon Hyung-Bay, said that the eight-member bench saw that the Yun’s actions were unconstitutional and had a serious impact.
“By declaring military law in violation of the Constitution and other laws, the defendant reversed the history of abuse of state crisis, shocked people and created confusion in society, economy, politics, diplomacy and all other fields.”
The judiciary concluded, “Given the negative impact on the constitutional order due to the defendant’s law violation and its ripple effects, we find that the benefits of dismissing the Constitution by dismissing the defendant are more by the president’s dismissal.”
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Opponents near the court broke out in tears and danced when the verdict was announced late in the morning. Two women were crying when they hugged and an old man close to them jumped on his feet and screamed with joy. Later the crowd marched from the streets of Seoul.
Outside Yun’s official residence, many supporters cried, screamed, and screamed to reporters when they saw the judgment on a huge TV screen. But after their organizer requested to calm down they cooled quickly.
“We don’t shake completely!” An opposition leader shouted at the stage. “Anyone who accepts this judgment and prepares for the early presidential election is our enemy.”
No major violence has been reported by late afternoon.
“There are political risks related to domestic polarization and policy instability,” said Seoul’s EWH University Professor Leaf-Eric Isley. “But the unanimous ruling of the Constitutional Court has removed the main source of uncertainty from the judgment. Korean government organizations face a unstable mix of legal barrier and executive overreach, which has given democracy the biggest challenge to Pay Generation.”
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Elections will be held within two months for the new president. But the split of the enthusiasm for the impeachment of the Yun can complicate South Korea’s efforts to deal with crucial issues such as President Donald Trump’s tariff and other “America First” policies, said observers.
In a statement issued by his defense team, Jun said that he was deeply sorry to fail to live in accordance with the expectations of the people, but has clearly stopped accepting the verdict. It is suspected that he incites efforts to resist his removal, as he had previously taken the response to fight.
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He added that he would pray for the country and its people. “Serving our nation is the greatest honor of my life,” Jun said.
Yun’s ruler People Power Party said he would accept the decision, but one of Yun’s lawyers, Yun Cup-Can, is called the verdict “completely inaccessible” and “pure political decision.”
Prime Minister Han Duck-S, the acting leader of the country, the response to maintaining public security and system and ensuring smooth transition to the next administration.
Surveys show that Lee J-Mayang, the leader of the chief liberal Democratic Party, is an early favorite to win the next president’s by-election, though he faces several trials for corruption and other charges.
“Winning an instant presidential election for the Conservative Party would be a Hill Fight fight for the Conservative Party,” said Duyian Kim, a senior analyst of the new American Security Center in Vashington Shington. “If Lee wins, South Korea’s foreign policy will look very different from what the US and the same mental countries have enjoyed during the presidency of the Union due to the demand for progressive support.”
Lee welcomed the verdict and credited South Koreans for “protecting our Democratic Republic”.
The crisis began with a night of chaos four months ago
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Marshall Law lasted for only six hours, but left behind the political crisis, stirred the financial markets, and made the country’s diplomatic partners upset.
After December December, after announcing the Marshall Law late night, a Rup -Constant sent hundreds of soldiers to a liberal anti -controlled national legislature, election offices and other sites. Special Rations Parases soldiers broke the windows in the assembly and leaned with opponents, highlighting the shocking memories of the country’s past military rules among many South Koreans.
Adequate MLAs, including some of the ruling party, managed to enter the legislature to vote unanimously.
Some senior army and police officers testified to the U, sent to the Legislative Assembly that they were ordered to pull out the legislators to disrupt the vote on their decree or to detain their political rivals. Yun says soldiers were deployed in the Legislative Assembly to maintain orders.
On December 14, the Yun was convicted by the National Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly accused him of violating the Constitution and other laws by suppressing assembly activities, trying to detain politicians and weakening peace across the country.
In his final testimony at the Constitutional Court hearing, Yun said that his decree was a desperate attempt to withstand his fight against the “evil” of the Democratic Party, which disrupted his agenda, imposed the top officials and cut off the government’s budget bill. Earlier, he described the National Legislative Assembly as “den of criminals” and “anti -state forces”.
The Constitutional Court violated the Yun on the right of the legislature demanding freedom of military party activities and neutrality of the military, demanding martial law. It also states that the political impairment with the opposition is not the type of emergency situation that needed a martial law, and the Yun’s decree lacked the necessary legal proceedings such as thought -atmosphere by the Cabinet’s Meeting Meeting.
Yun still faces criminal accusations
Yun has been convicted of rebellion in connection with his decree, if convicted, death penalties or lifetime punishment. He became the first South Korean president who was arrested or was charged when he was in office.
Yun was released from jail in March after the Seoul District Court canceled his arrest. It allows him to do the trial stand without detention.
It also costs the President’s immune system to remove his position, which protected him from most criminal proceedings. This means that he may face other criminal charges, such as abuse of power in the context of his marshal Law decree, some observers say.
Associated Press Author Foster Klug contributed to the report.
