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The Minister of Defense, who was in charge of advising the President on the introduction of a state of emergency, resigned.
Yoon asked via post Martial law Late Tuesday night to consolidate his power and ban political activity and censor the media in his country, Asia’s fourth-largest economy and an ally. USA.
This caused anger in the streets and anxiety among the Allies South Korea In the world.
A spokesman for the opposition Democratic Party told reporters that party representatives intend to submit a request for a vote in parliament on the impeachment of Ion at around 7pm (1000 GMT) on Saturday.
Kim Sung-Won, a representative of the Democratic Party, told the National Assembly earlier: “The Yoon Suk-eul regime’s declaration of a state of emergency has caused confusion and fear among our people.”
Members of the ruling People’s Power Party, to which Yoon belongs, are divided on the crisis, but the party has said it will oppose the president’s responsibility in light of the internal turmoil it is witnessing with two years to go. in Yoon’s presidential term, which is a total of five years.
And it should Democratic Party At least 8 of the ruling party’s 108 representatives must approve the bill until it is passed by a two-thirds majority in the 300-seat parliament.
The president’s office said Yun accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Young-hyun on Thursday and nominated Choi Byung-hyuk, his ambassador to Saudi Arabia, to replace him.
The interior minister and a senior military official, as well as a file filed by opposition lawmakers to impeach Yoon, explained that it was Kim who recommended the president declare a state of emergency on Tuesday.
Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho said Kim also ordered the deployment of troops to… of parliament.
“In principle, I opposed the mobilization of military forces under a state of emergency and expressed negative views on it,” Kim Seon-ho added at a parliamentary hearing on Thursday, offering an apology and taking responsibility for not preventing it.
The ITN channel reported that a travel ban was imposed on the former defense minister while prosecutors investigate an attempt to impose a state of emergency. Yonhap news agency reported that Jun and the interior minister are also under investigation.