The South Korea Constitution their arrest While committing to focus on directing the fourth largest Asian economy through a United States trade war.
The ruling, which is in the midst of months of political crisis in the country, returns to power immediately. He took office as the acting leader of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was himself meant his brief imposition of martial law In December.
« I think people are very clear, with one voice, that the extreme confrontation of politics must stop, » said Han, who thanked the court for their « wise decision » and the cabinet for their hard work while suspended.
« As a acting president, I will do my best to maintain the stable state administration and dedicate all the wisdom and capabilities to safeguard the national interests in the trade war, » Han said in televised comments.
South Korea, one of the world’s leading exporters, has been taking advantage of the potential impact of a series of threatened rates under the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
South Korea has already seen United States and aluminum tariffs and has been looking for a United States reciprocal rate exemption next month. Earlier this month, Trump distinguished South Korea to apply high rates to US exports.
The declaration of the MARCIAL AREM OF YOON fell to the North -American military ally in its greatest political crisis in decades, and led to a gap in the midst of spiral deficiency, resignations and criminal accusations for various officers.
They had initially lasted less than two weeks in office and was prevented and suspended on December 27 after colliding with the opposition-led parliament by refusing to designate three more judges in the Constitutional Court.
The court judges ruled on Monday seven to one to attack the arrest.
Five of the eight judges said that the arrest motion was valid, but there was not enough reasons to prevent Han, since it did not violate the Constitution or the law, according to a judicial statement.
Two judges ruled that the motion of arrest against Han, which was president at that time, was not valid from the outset, since the two thirds of the legislators in Parliament did not pass.
A justice voted to Imech Han.
Han, 75, had been in leadership positions for more than three decades under five presidents, both conservative and liberal.
In a country it was not abruptly divided by partisan rhetoric, they had been considered a rare example of a civil servant of its varied lines of festivals that transcended.
However, Parliament led by the opposition accused him of not making enough to frustrate Yoon’s decision to declare martial law, an indictment he denied.
The South Korea Parliament voted on Saturday to prevent President Yoon Suk Yeol on his short -term martial law decree, a historical reconstruction that was encouraged by retirement crowds who described the result as another challenging moment in the country’s resistant democratic journey.
Lee Jae-Myung, head of the opposition Democratic Party, said that Han’s ruling must be accepted, but urged the Constitutional Court to quickly make a decision on the arrest of President Yoon.
The court is expected to rule in a few days, although its deliberations have dragged more than expected. Yoon also faces a criminal trial separated by accusations of directing an insurrection in declaring martial law.
If Ion is removed, a new presidential election will be made within 60 days.
« The continued delay of the court in the ruling is to feed the concern and the conflict … We can now foresee that the situation goes beyond a psychological civil war to become a real physical civil war, » said Lee, who leads in opinion polls to win elections if he is removed.
South Korea has seen huge, mostly peaceful rally, both in support of Yoon and to request its withdrawal in recent months.
The Minister of Finance, Choi Sang-Mok, had assumed the position of acting president, while the cases of Yoon and were considered by the Constitutional Court.
The unexpected imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, and the following political disorder sent the shock waves through South Korea, and raised concern among the Allies as the United States under the now trainer president, Joe Biden, who had seen Yoon as a key partner in efforts to counteract North China and Korea.
In the end, martial law only lasted about six hours after the legislators challenge a security cord around Parliament and vote to reject the statement.
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