South Korean authorities are seeking an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol due to his controversial declaration of martial law. The move has sparked significant political turmoil and public protests.
South Korea n investigators are seeking an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law , according to the Yonhap news agency. A joint investigation team reportedly announced on Monday they sought the warrant on insurrection and abuse of power charges after Yoon ignored three summonses to appear for questioning.
Under South Korea's constitution, if a sitting president is accused of insurrection, the police have the authority to arrest him while he is still in office. A court will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for Yoon, which would mark the first presidential arrest in the country's history. Yoon declared martial law in a televised speech on Dec. 3. The president said the measure was necessary due to the actions of the country's liberal opposition, the Democratic Party, which he accused of controlling parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government. The move sparked protests, and hours after the declaration, the National Assembly voted to demand that the president lift the martial law order. A majority of parliament -- all 190 members who were present, out of the 300-person body -- voted to lift the decree -- requiring that it then be lifted, under the South Korean constitution. Following the National Assembly's vote, Yoon said he withdrew the troops that had been deployed to carry out martial law and 'will lift martial law as soon as we have a quorum in the cabinet.' The State Council then convened to vote to officially lift it. The country's Democratic Party called on Yoon to resign following what it called the 'fundamentally invalid' declaration of martial law
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