A large portion of South Korean citizens support the possible impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to a poll.
A recent poll by Realmeter reveals that more than 7 in 10 South Korean citizens support the impeachment of the president, in the wake of his choice to declare martial law, before his decision was overturned by the National Assembly amid ‘an incredible night in South Korea.
Conducted among 504 individuals aged 18 and over, the poll reported the following results: 73.6% of people surveyed supported the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, while 24% opposed it, and 2.4% % prefer not to position themselves.
Sentiment is strongest in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, with 79.3% of respondents in favor of his dismissal. Even in Daegyu and North Gyeongsang Province, the most conservative region where Yoon Suk Yeol has many supporters, 66.2% of people surveyed said they were in favor of his departure.
18-29 year olds are the most inclined to see Yoon Suk Yeol be removed, with a rate of 86.8% of respondents in favor of his departure, as are 40-49 year olds, with 85.3% of people in favor of his departure. impeachment.
To come back to this whole story, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea on Tuesday evening.
Under South Korean law, if the Assembly demands the lifting of martial law with the consent of a majority of its members, the president must lift it. The Democratic Party alone holds 170 of the 300 seats in parliament.
However, the president tried to prevent this from happening. Not only was it announced that opponents of this decision could be arrested, but that’s not all because to prevent a decision against him from the National Assembly, we recently learned that access to the National Assembly building was blocked under the emergency decree. No one could go inside tonight, neither civilians nor deputies.
The South Koreans fought, and as the military attempted to seize Parliament, MPs were able to enter the building to vote urgently against the martial law imposed by the president. The opposition-led National Assembly on Wednesday passed the motion to revoke President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of emergency martial law, with 190 lawmakers present voting in favor.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik called an emergency plenary session, hours after the president declared martial law. Under Korean law, the president is required to lift the declaration if the National Assembly requests it after a majority vote, so this decision requires him to comply with Parliament.
At 4:27 a.m., just 6 hours after forcibly imposing martial law, President Yoon Suk Yeol announced in a speech from the Presidential Office the lifting of emergency martial law. He also withdrew all the troops mobilized around Parliament and in the streets of Seoul, a few hours after a frightening parade of helicopters and military vehicles in the capital.
Opposition parties have since called for his dismissal.
Source : koreajoongangdaily
