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On Tuesday, a court in Seoul has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea’s ousted President Yeon Suk Yeol. Yun was impeached and removed from office on December 14 following a failed attempt to impose martial law.
According to news agency Yonhap, this is the first time in the country that an arrest warrant has been issued against a sitting President. The Seoul District Court has given instructions to senior officials of the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO).
Apart from this, orders have also been given to search his Presidential residence. Yun had announced the implementation of emergency (martial law) in the country late at night on 4 December.
Emergency to President Yole Why was there a need to impose it?
There are a total of 300 seats in the Parliament of South Korea. In the elections held earlier this year, the public had given a huge mandate to the opposition party DPK. The ruling People Power got only 108 seats, while the opposition party DPK got 170 seats. Due to being in majority, the opposition DPK was interfering more in the functioning of the presidential government, and they were not able to work as per their agenda.
President Yole won the election in 2022 by a slim margin. After this his popularity started declining. His image was also affected due to his wife being involved in many controversies. At present the popularity of the President is around 17%, which is the lowest among all the Presidents of the country.
To deal with all this, the President imposed martial law. He accused the DPK of sympathizing with North Korea and engaging in anti-national activities.
President Yoon had given information about the imposition and removal of martial law in the country through TV.
Why did the emergency end in South Korea in just 6 hours? ,
After President Yole’s declaration of martial law, the entire opposition reached Parliament within a short time. To remove the martial law law, there should be more than 150 MPs in the Parliament. By the time the army arrived to capture Parliament, enough MPs had reached Parliament and proceedings had begun.
However, the army tried to stop the proceedings. Many opposition MPs who were going to vote in the Parliament were detained. The soldiers started breaking the windows of the Parliament to enter, but by the time the soldiers reached inside, 190 out of 300 MPs of the National Assembly voted down the President’s martial law proposal.
There was also a clash between MPs and army personnel during voting in Parliament against martial law.
According to the Constitution of South Korea, if the majority of MPs in the Parliament demand removal of martial law in the country, then the government will have to accept it. Opposition leaders benefited from this provision of the Constitution and the army had to stop its action.
The army immediately vacated the Parliament and returned. There were helicopters above the Parliament and military tanks deployed on the road, they had to go back.
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