South Korea’s Constitutional Court removes President Yoon from office
Al Jazeera
South Korea’s Constitutional Court said that President Yoon Suk-yeol ‘violated’ basic rights by declaring martial law.
Seoul, South Korea – The Constitutional Court in South Korea has removed President Yoon Suk-yeol from office after upholding his impeachment by parliament for declaring martial law late last year.
The court’s Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae opened the proceeding on Friday by declaring that there was sufficient reason to impeach President Yoon.
“The defendant mobilised military and police forces to dismantle the authority of constitutional institutions and infringed upon the fundamental rights of the people,” the acting chief justice said while reading the court’s decision.
“In doing so, he abandoned his constitutional duty to uphold the constitution and gravely betrayed the trust of the Korean people,” the chief justice said.
“Such unlawful and unconstitutional conduct constitutes an act that cannot be tolerated under the constitution,” he said.
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