Facing more and more resignation demands – after the chaos in South Korea • The opposition demands impeachment
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol faces increasing demands to resign after the chaos that has arisen in the country. The opposition has submitted demands that he be impeached.
Now it is only a matter of time before he is forced to resign, says TV4’s foreign commentator Rolf Porseryd.
– It is a question of when and not if he will resign, says Rolf Porseryd.
South Korea’s heavily criticized President Yoon Suk-Yeol is facing calls for his resignation from several quarters after yesterday’s surprising decision to declare a state of emergency in the country.
Despite the lifting of the state of emergency, South Korea’s largest trade union umbrella organization is calling for a general strike today and the Democratic Party, which is the largest opposition party, is demanding the president’s resignation and threatening to impeach him if he does not resign of his own accord.
– Even if martial law has been lifted, he cannot avoid being brought to justice. It has become clear to the entire country that President Yoon is unable to govern the country normally, says MP Park Chan-Dae (DP).
On Wednesday, the country’s opposition parties filed a motion to impeach the president, AP reports.
“Just a matter of time before he leaves”
According to TV4 Nyhetern’s foreign commentator, Rolf Porseryd, it is only a matter of time before the sitting president is forced to resign.
– I think President Yoon’s days are numbered. He not only has the opposition and the people against him, but also his own party, says Porseryd.
The declaration of a state of emergency in the country and the attempt to arrest the opposition leader go completely against the democratic development in the country, says Porseryd.
– So it is a question of when and not if he will resign, he continues.
Unexpected move
Yoon Suk-Yeol unexpectedly declared a state of emergency in a televised speech on Tuesday but was forced to withdraw it just six hours later. At the time, the parliament had voted against the introduction with 190 votes against and no votes for. Among those who went against the president were 18 members from his own party.
It was the first time in 40 years that a president had declared a state of emergency, something normally reserved for war-like situations, internal unrest and disasters.