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South Korea’s main opposition force, the Democratic Party (DP) and five other parties unveiled this Wednesday parliamentary motion to impeach President Yoon Seok-yeol, after the president saw the martial law declared the day before lifted.

Thus, six opposition formations have begun a parliamentary process that could lead to the suspension of the exercise of presidential power. whose party rules in the minority, and his figure was subjected enormous exhaustion after the introduction of martial law to protect the “constitutional order” from “anti-state” activities and “pro-North Korean forces,” he said.

Yoon made these accusations against the DP, which has a majority in the National Assembly and which has stymied his government by approving, without the support of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), general budgets for 2025 with numerous cuts, as well as proposals for dismiss the prosecutor general and those responsible for monitoring the accounts of public organizations.

DP and other minority forces They revoked Yun’s martial law soon after it was enacted. and now they are counterattacking with an impeachment motion that was announced before the media in the National Assembly by 192 MPs representing six parties.

Its promoters noted that They plan to vote on the proposal on Friday the 6th or Saturday the 7th. within 72 hours established by national legislation for processing such initiatives after their submission.

To approve this they will support for at least 200 out of 300 places is required which make up the unicameral legislature of South Korea.

DP and other forces The day before they added 190 votes lift martial law, thereby They’ll only need about a dozen votes. remove Yoon from his duties.

From Yoon’s People Power Party, criticized his decision to impose martial law – The group’s leader, Han Dong Hoon, said the measure was “wrong” and promised that he would work to “stop it together with the people” – and some of his deputies actually voted to repeal it.

All this leaves the position growing weakness for the South Korean president, who has not appeared or made any public statements since the announcement of the lifting of martial law following the parliamentary vote.

If the impeachment motion is approved, Yoon will be stripped of his duties until the Constitutional Court considers, within a maximum period of 180 days, whether he has violated the Magna Carta.

(EFE)