Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party, has vowed to make efforts to prevent President Yoon Suk Yeol from being impeached, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
the media reported that South Korea’s parliament submitted a motion to impeach Yoon. Yonhap reported later that the main opposition Democratic Party is seeking a vote on the impeachment motion against Yoon on Saturday. At the same time, Han reiterated the call for Yoon to leave the party after his attempt to impose martial law in the country, the report added. Late on Tuesday, Yoon declared martial law « to purge pro-North Korean forces and maintain the liberal constitutional order. » The president claimed that attempts by the South Korean opposition to impeach several high-ranking officials in his government posed a threat of a political paralysis.
