The South Korean court restores Han Duck-Sun as interim president
The South Korean Constitutional Court on Monday (24) restored the Prime Minister’s powers on Monday (24) after an interim president in December.
Han has taken over as a interim leader of the country after the President Yoon Suk Yeol Make allegations of imposition of war legislation in December. After the decision, Han immediately returns to his position as the interim president.
“I am grateful for the wise decision taken by the Constitutional Court,” Han said.
“We will work together to ensure that South Korea continues to grow well in the great geographical political transformation era”
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A. The statement of war law De Yoon is the fourth largest economy of Asia in the largest political turmoil in the decades, causing indictment, abusing, and offering indictment for higher employees.
Han stood in office less than two weeks at first and accused Suspended on December 27After the controversy with the opposition -led parliament by refusing to appoint three other judges to the Constitutional Court.
The court judges ruled by seven votes on Monday to cancel the impeachment.
Five of the eight judges said that the impeachment motion was valid, but there were not enough reasons to blame Han because he did not violate the constitution or law, according to a court statement.
Since the two -thirds legislators in Parliament did not accept it, the two judges decided that the impeachment motion against the interim president was not valid from the beginning.
A judge voted for Han.
He has served in leadership positions for more than three decades under the five presidents of Hun, 75, traditional and liberalism.
In a country with party departments, Han was considered a rare example of an officer, whose varied career beyond the lines of parties.
However, the opposition has accused the parliament that they were not enough to prevent the Yoon decision from declaring the war law, and he denied the allegation.
Finance Minister Choi Song-Mok has taken up the interim presidency, while the Constitutional Court has considered the cases of Yoon and Han.
Parliament has approved the Han the impeachment for the role in the Martial Law, and refused to nominate more judges to the Constitutional Court and support the special counseling bills targeting the Yoon and First Woman Kim Kion Hee.
On February 19, Han attended the sole hearing of the case, where he denied any role in the episode of Marshal Law and asked the court to reject the impeachment.
The war law lasted only six hours, and the standards of the legislators were overthrown.
The Constitutional Court’s decision on the impeachment of the Yoon is expected within a few days. Yun is facing a special criminal investigation on allegations of rebellion by declaring war law.
If the Yoon is removed, the new presidential election will take place within 60 days.
