South Korea’s highest court ousted the president
South Korea’s Constitutional Court voted unanimously to remove Yoon Suk Yeol from office. The court’s decision cannot be appealed, and the country will now shift gears toward holding a national election to choose his successor within the next 60 days.
Moon Hyungbae, the acting chief justice, said Yoon had violated the “constitutional order” and “betrayed the trust of the people.” Here’s the latest.
Context: Yoon is the second president in the country’s history to be removed through impeachment. He was suspended and impeached after he unexpectedly declared martial law on Dec. 3, having accused the opposition-controlled National Assembly of stymying his government.
Reactions: Anti-Yoon protesters who were gathered outside the court cheered and shook their fists when the decision was announced. Some were in tears as they hugged each other. One protest leader led the chant, “We won!”
(source: nytimes.com)
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December
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