SEOUL, Dec 6 (NNN-YONHAP) – Han Dong-hoon, chief of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, said today that, President Yoon Suk-yeol needs to stop his performance of duty, to protect the country and people, given newly revealed facts.
Han made the remark at an emergency meeting of the party leadership, reversing his previous position to fight the opposition bloc’s push to impeach Yoon.
The governing party leader noted that, on the day of the martial law declaration, Yoon ordered the arrest of major politicians, saying, it was confirmed through reliable grounds that Yoon used intelligence agencies to try to arrest politicians.
If Yoon continues to perform his presidential duty, it would be highly likely that extreme actions, such as the martial law declaration, can be repeated, putting the country and people into great danger, Han added.
It ran counter to Han’s comments made yesterday, when he vowed to block a motion, to impeach Yoon, driven by the opposition parties.
The Democratic Party and five other minor parties submitted the impeachment motion against Yoon on Wednesday, planning to vote on it tomorrow.
Yoon declared an emergency martial law Tuesday night, before repealing it early Wednesday, as parliament voted against it.– NNN-YONHAP
