South Korea's Opposition to Impeach Acting Leader Han

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South Korea's Opposition to Impeach Acting Leader Han
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South Korea's main opposition party plans to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo for failing to approve investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.

South Korea 's main opposition party said on Tuesday it would seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife. If realized, Han's impeachment would further deepen the East Asian country's political tumult and worries by neighboring nations caused by Yoon's stunning Dec. 3 martial law declaration and ensuing impeachment. Han, the country's No.

2 official, has taken over presidential powers and duties since Yoon's impeachment. If he's impeached too, the finance minister is next in line. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which holds a majority in parliament, has slammed Han for vetoing several opposition-sponsored bills, including a controversial agriculture bill. It also urged him to quickly appoint justices to vacant seats on the Constitutional Court, which is reviewing Yoon's impeachment and will determine whether to dismiss or reinstate him. Filling the court's three empty posts could make conviction more likely, as it requires the support of six of the court's nine possible members. The Democratic Party also demanded that Han approve by Tuesday bills calling for the appointments of special prosecutors to investigate Yoon for rebellion over his marital law decree, and his wife Kim Keon-hee for corruption and other allegations. But Han didn't do so during Tuesday's Cabinet Council meeting, calling for the ruling and opposition parties to negotiate.Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae responded that there's no room for negotiations about a Yoon investigation, and that his party would begin steps toward an impeachment at onc

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