(UPDATE) SEOUL — South Korea's opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against acting leader Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the Constitutional Court that would decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.
SEOUL — South Korea's opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against acting leader Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the Constitutional Court that would decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.South Korea plunged into a political crisis when suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Dec. 3.Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament on Dec.
South Korea’s Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo addresses his nation in a speech at the government complex in the capital Seoul on Dec. 26, 2024. The court is, however, currently short of three judges. While it can go ahead with its six members on the bench, a single dissenting vote would reinstate Yoon.The opposition wants Han to approve three more nominees to fill the bench — something that he has so far refused to do, essentially leaving both sides in a deadlock.For this, the opposition Democratic Party wants the acting president impeached, too.'We have filed the motion...
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