Presented President of South Korea, Yoon Sukh Yeol, arrives in the process of impeachment at the Constitutional Court in Seoul in South Korea, January.
Kim Hong-ji Reuters
On Friday, the Constitutional Court of South Korea maintained the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, rejecting him ex officio.
The decision now begins with a 60-day countdown, in which the presidential election must take place to choose the next president. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo was restored as acting as president After the decision of the Constitutional Court on March 24.
In the broadcast of South Korea television, the head of the Constitutional Court of the Moon Hyung-Bae said that the decision was unanimous.
Moon said the former president The declaration of martial law did not meet the legal requirement of the national crisis.
He added that Yoon violated the law by sending soldiers to the country's parliament to stop the reversal of martial law, in accordance with the translation of local Yonhap media.
After the decision, South Korea Kospie He slipped by 0.59%, but the small Kosdaq hat increased 0.74%. . South Korea won About 1%was strengthened.
Yoon was accused of him imposing war law On December 3, in a surprise of the late night, citing the need to protect the country against the “communist forces of North Korea” and “anti -state forces”. For the first time martial law has been announced in South Korea for over 40 years.
Then the legislators voted for a decree in the country's parliament, a few hours after the declaration of martial law, before they applied for Impeachment against Yoon a few days later. Yoon was accused on December 14 and suspended.
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