South Korea Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo speaks in his address to the nation at the Government Complex in Seoul on December 26, 2024. South Korea's opposition said it had filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, after he refused to appoint Constitutional Court judges to complete the process of removing his predecessor from office.
The opposition wanted Han to approve three more nominees to fill the nine-member bench, something that he has so far refused to do, essentially leaving both sides in a deadlock.“We have filed the motion… and will report it to the plenary session today,” lawmaker Park Sung-joon told reporters at the National Assembly of the action against Han.
“A consensus between the ruling and opposition parties in the National Assembly, representing the people, must first be reached,” added the 75-year-old career bureaucrat. Han is “intentionally avoiding the special investigation to probe those involved in the insurrection and has clearly stated his intention to reject the appointments of three Constitutional Court judges,” the motion reads.
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