The leader of the ruling party in South Korea, Han Dong-hoon, urged today Friday to “immediately” suspend the president from his duties, after learning that the president ordered the arrests of the main political leaders, including Han himself, during which he surprisingly proclaimed on Tuesday.
“In light of the recently revealed facts, I believe it is necessary to immediately suspend President Yoon Suk-yeol from his duties to protect the Republic of Korea (official name of the country) and its people,” Han said during an emergency meeting of his formation, the conservative People’s Power Party (PPP), in the National Assembly (Parliament).
Han indicated that he has confirmed “with reliable evidence” that Yoon gave orders to arrest him, the leader of his own party, or Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), and assured that these ” radical actions” that put the country “in great danger” could be repeated if the president, whom Parliament will vote on tomorrow Saturday to remove him, remains in power.
The PPP has called an emergency meeting of all its parliamentarians in the next few minutes, in which it is expected to discuss the vote to be cast tomorrow in the parliamentary session scheduled to approve or not the dismissal of Yoon.
Han’s words are interpreted as a preview of what would be a new message for the PPP parliamentarians – to whom he had asked for voting unity the day before to prevent Yoon’s dismissal from being approved – so that they now vote in favor of the motion to disqualify him.
Local media such as the Chosun newspaper, the one with the most circulation in South Korea, had announced on Thursday that Yoon gave orders to the Counterintelligence Commander, Yeo In-hyung, to arrest Han, Lee or the president of the National Assembly. , the independent Woo Won-shik, considering that they were “anti-state” elements, and that military units were mobilized to prepare the aforementioned arrests.
The leader of the opposition PD, Lee Jae-myung, has also asked to disqualify Yoon immediately after learning of Han’s words.
