“Even his own party urged the president to do so.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Even his own party urged the president to do so.
The Korean president surrendered and made concessions to the parliament / UNIAN collage, photo ua.depositphotos.com, wikipedia.orgSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said he would lift martial law in accordance with the parliament’s decision. This was reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap.The president’s own political party called on him to end efforts to impose martial law as the country’s political blocs united against the move. The party called on Yun “to accept the resolution of the National Assembly on the abolition of martial law and immediately abolish it.”
President Yoon Suk Yeol made a televised address promising to lift martial law and withdraw troops from the streets of the capital.
“We will withdraw the introduced troops and immediately consider the appeal of the National Assembly at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and cancel the martial law,” he said.
According to Yun, to make this decision, a quorum is needed at the government meeting. There are some problems with this as it is early morning in Seoul. At the same time, he assured that martial law will be abolished.
“Nevertheless, I ask the National Assembly to immediately stop outrageous actions that paralyze the functioning of the state through repeated impeachments, legislative manipulations and budget manipulations,” he added.
Martial law in South KoreaAs UNIAN wrote, a few hours ago it became known that the president of South Korea, who was already threatened with impeachment due to suspicions of corruption, declared martial law in the country. For the first time in the last 44 years. He explained his actions as an attempt to save the country from the malicious actions of the North Korean agency, hinting at political opposition.
This news shocked Korean society. A meeting of the parliament was immediately convened, at which the deputies voted for the abolition of martial law. According to the Korean constitution, the president is obliged to fulfill such a requirement.
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