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The situation in South Korea is getting out of the hands of President Yoon Suk Yeol. After the opposition brought impeachment, now there is a demand in the ruling party to suspend President Yoon's constitutional powers.
On Tuesday, Yoon had announced the imposition of martial law in the country, however, due to massive protests and the Parliament passing a resolution against him, the martial law became ineffective within just six hours.
An impeachment motion can be passed with a two-thirds majority
The opposition's impeachment motion will be voted on in Parliament on Saturday. In this motion, the martial law imposed by Yoon has been called unconstitutional and illegal rebellion. But to get this motion passed, the opposition parties will need the support of at least eight MPs of Yoon's People Power Party. Only after this, the impeachment motion will be passed by a two-thirds majority in the 300-member Parliament.
The public considers Yoon a threat to democracy
The public also does not seem to be interested in retaining Yoon. The public is protesting against him considering him a big threat to democracy. Han Dong-hoon, a leader of Yoon's own party, has raised the demand of suspending the constitutional powers of the President, which has been supported by many leaders. These leaders have said that it is necessary to suspend Yoon's power to save South Korea.
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