Prime Minister Han Dak Sooappointed by Yoon, became acting president, and Yoon will remain in his post, but with his the powers of the President are suspended halfway through his five-year term.

Khan promised to do everything possible to ensure stability after Yun’s overthrow. “I will give all my strength and effort to stabilize the government”Khan told reporters about this.

Yun is second conservative president impeached in a row in South Korea. Park Geun-hye she was impeached in 2017. Yun survived the first impeachment vote last weekend when her party boycotted the vote, denying parliament a quorum.

Although I am pausing for now, the journey I have taken with people over the past two and a half years into the future must never stop. I will never give up.

Considered a difficult survivor in politics but increasingly isolated, he found himself Beset by scandals and personal difficultiesinflexible opposition and disagreements within one’s own party.

Protesters support Yoon’s impeachment They jumped for joy outside parliament when they heard the newswaving colorful LED sticks while the music played. Instead, the rally of Yoon’s supporters emptied after the news.

Leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myungtold protesters outside parliament that they should work together to have Yoon removed as soon as possible. “You people have achieved this. They’re writing a new story“He told the cheering crowd, braving the sub-zero temperatures.

“Fight to the end”

The impeachment bid moved forward when at least 12 members of Yun’s People Power Party joined opposition parties that control 192 seats in the 300-member National Assembly.which exceeds the two-thirds threshold required for dismissal.

The number of lawmakers who supported impeachment was 204, with 85 against, three abstentions and eight zero votes..

Yoon shocked the nation late on December 3 when gave the military broad emergency powers root out what he called “anti-state forces” and defeat obstructionist political opponents.

Barely six hours later he withdrew the declarationafter parliament defied troops and police by voting against the decree. However, the decree plunged the country into a constitutional crisis and prompted numerous calls for his resignation, alleging that he broke the law.

Yoon later apologized to the nation.but defended his decision and resisted calls for his resignation.

Opposition parties began new impeachment votesupported by mass demonstrations.

Yoon too criminally investigated for an alleged mutiny in connection with the declaration of martial law, and the authorities travel abroad is prohibited.

In another defiant speech Thursday, Yun vowed to “fight to the end,” defending his martial law decree as necessary to break the political deadlock and protect the country from national politicians which, according to him, were undermining democracy.

Reuters