South Korean President Yoon rejects accusations of revolt | EUROtoday

South Korean President Yoon has defended the transient declaration of martial legislation and rejected accusations of revolt. The opposition is liable for the “national crisis,” he stated in a televised speech.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended the transient declaration of martial legislation as an act of state management and rejected accusations of revolt. Yoon made the announcement in a televised speech. “I will fight to the end to prevent the forces and criminal groups responsible for paralyzing the government and disrupting the country’s constitutional order from endangering the future of the Republic of Korea,” he stated in his handle.

He accused the opposition of getting plunged the nation right into a “national crisis”. The opposition-dominated National Assembly has “become a monster that is destroying the constitutional order of liberal democracy,” stated Yoon. He apologized once more “to the people who were surprised and disturbed by martial law.” He additionally added that he would “not shirk the legal and political responsibility for declaring martial law.”

Another vote on impeachment

Yoon introduced the imposition of martial legislation in a televised handle on December 3, accusing the opposition of sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the federal government via subversive actions. Hours after the declaration, nonetheless, Parliament voted to elevate martial legislation.

The opposition needs to have parliament vote once more on Saturday on impeachment proceedings in opposition to the president. Yoon was capable of avert a movement to take away him from parliament final weekend. The initiative fell in need of the required two-thirds majority after most lawmakers from Yoon’s PP social gathering boycotted the vote. PP social gathering chief Han Dong Hoon appealed to social gathering members to attend Saturday’s assembly. They ought to vote “according to their convictions and conscience,” he defined.