South Korea’s opposition files motion to impeach acting president
Al Jazeera
Opposition seeks to impeach Han Duck-soo for not appointing judges to the constitutional court.
South Korea’s main opposition party has filed a motion to impeach the acting president, deepening the political turmoil in the East Asian nation.
The Democratic Party said it submitted the motion on Thursday over acting leader Han Duck-soo’s reluctance to fill three constitutional court vacancies ahead of the court’s review of rebellion charges against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol.
“We have filed the motion … and will report it to the plenary session today,” MP Park Sung-joon told reporters at the National Assembly of the action against Han. “We will put it to a vote tomorrow.”
South Korea was plunged into a political crisis after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law on December 3.
Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament on December 14 over the dramatic declaration, but a constitutional court ruling upholding the decision by lawmakers is necessary to complete the impeachment process.
