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South Korea’s Constitutional Court has issued Yun Suk Yol as president, preserving the parliamentary impeachment for the former prosecutor.

June: Attempt to apply combat law Last year, he led to his suspension from the office and caused political turmoil in the fourth largest economy of Asia.

As a result, the leading vacuum was paralyzed as the government should be tempted by the slow economy, the US aggressive trade policy and a rising nuclear threat of North Korea.

What decision did the court make?

Judges unanimously approved the opinion of the legislators that the Yoon exceeded his / her powers in December by his shocking statement in December.

South KoreaThe Constitution allows the President to declare a military situation. “When it is necessary to overcome military security or maintain public safety and order during the war during the war.”

But in December, the National Assembly controlled by the opposition was challenged by its impeachment that the country did not felt the weight of the weight of the decision of the military right, then the Constitutional Court has now been approved.

The motion is also accused of Moon Probably to prevent the deployment of judicial violations, including the deployment of the soldiers to prevent lawmakers from voting for the lawsuit.

During his last defense in February, Yoon claims that his decree required the “public” to “wickedness” of the left-wing opposition and what he described as an anti-state elements in our society.

On Friday, the court ruled in the 8th-7th margin that Yun “refused to maintain its responsibilities and to betray the confidence of the Korean people severely.”

What happens to yoon?

After his impeachment in December, Yun was suspended from his constitutional responsibilities, but he remained as the country’s nominal president and head of state.

Friday the ruler immediately removed himself from his immediate result, making him a usual private citizen. For presidents, one term in South Korea means that he cannot be re-elected. Yoon also appeals to the accusations of a criminal uprising in connection with his experience in force, which he denies.

The verdict in his criminal proceedings, which will start on April 14, is expected at the end of this year or early 2026. If convicted, Yonyan may be anyone since 1997.

Who will replace the Yoon?

According to the Constitution of South Korea, the presidential elections will be held in 60 days to elect the legal successor of “Yun”.

As a result of the surveys, the Martial Factory Working Worker Lee Jae A-Mystery. He defeated the 2022 presidential election with a less percentage point of Yoon.

Competitors Yun’s Conservative Power Power Power includes the Minister of Labor Kim Mun-Soo, Mayor of Se-Hoon, DAEGU Hun-Pion and the leader of the party Han Dong-Hook.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is widely viewed as Frrontrunner, he also applies to legal challenges. Prosecutors appeal the recent highest verdict, which he cleanses him to make false statements during the election campaign.

He will also face the trial of North Korea funds this month.

In any case of the convicted, they could be dialect from the public office, although it is unknown to what it will happen if he is elected president before trials. He denies all the mistakes.

Who is now in charge?

Prime Minister Han Bad-So, the designated and long technology of Yoon will continue as the acting president until the elections.

Han who has taken over as acting when he immediately remembers himself immediately, he was suspended for several months, after the opposition parties voted for the denial of three vacancies in the Constitutional Court.

The role of the incumbent president then fell to Cho’s Sang-Mok, the Minister of Finance, which fulfilled two of the three vacancies injured in the Constitutional Court.

The court last month Failed to Hash ImpeachmentRestoring him as the Prime Minister and Acting President.

Will this end in South Korea’s political crisis?

Friday’s decision South Korea closer to its leadership vacuum, but the tension raised by the Declaration of the Gune Military Law is unlikely.

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Some Joneso Protests are marked by violence, hardline conservatives stormed the Court of Seoul He was arrested in January on criminal charges.

There have been more and more conspiracy theories, including a unreasonable lawsuit, which widespread in social media, which has been widespread with South Korea’s electoral systems and later deported through the US military base.

The Democratic Party Lee is a deeply polarizing figure. He went on a hunger strike in 2023 to protest what the “prosecutorial dictatorship” described.

Last year, Lee was stabbed by a member of the public, and in recent weeks he has made several public phenomena that wear a fun jacket.

Incumbent President Han and People’s Power, previously promised to accept the decision of the Constitutional Court. Some analysts say that anger may be limited to conservatives, as the attention is rapidly appealing to who will appear as a new standard of law.