A travel ban was imposed on President Yoon Suk-yeol in South Korea on Monday. South Korea's Corruption Investigation Head said that this ban has been imposed on the President due to imposition of martial law. According to Reuters, South Korean police were considering a travel ban to investigate allegations of rebellion against him due to the imposition of martial law since last week.
Last Tuesday, Yun Suk-yeol imposed martial law in the country after accusing the opposition party of colluding with North Korea and being involved in anti-national activities. After this the country faced serious political unrest. The opposition had brought a motion for impeachment against him, which could not be passed.
Most of the ruling party MPs had boycotted voting on the impeachment motion, due to which the opposition could not gather the required 200 votes to pass it.
However, a new session of Parliament is starting in South Korea on Wednesday. In such a situation, the opposition is once again considering bringing an impeachment motion.
It is necessary to hold elections within 60 days after the President leaves office.
If the opposition succeeds in passing an impeachment motion against the President on Wednesday, then a case will be filed against Yoon in the court. Where the proposal will be proved by the vote of 6 out of 9 judges. At present, there are only 6 judges in the South Korean court, hence it is not clear whether this case will proceed without 7 judges or not.
If Yun steps down before the end of his five-year term in May 2027, the Constitution requires presidential elections to be held within 60 days.
Why did the President need to impose martial law?
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 according to 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.
Case registered against 9 people including President and Defense Minister
The main opposition Democratic Party has called Yun's imposition of martial law unconstitutional, an illegal rebellion or a coup. A police complaint has been lodged against nine people including President Yoon and former Defense Minister regarding this.
Before voting on the impeachment motion on Saturday, President Yoon Suk-yeol had apologized to the country for imposing martial law. He bowed his head on live TV and in front of the public, he called the imposition of martial law wrong. However he did not announce his resignation.
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Impeachment motion against the President failed in South Korea: The opposition could not gather the required 200 votes, the Parliament Speaker called the result regrettable.
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