Seoul (Reuters) – The country’s main opposition party South Korea promised on Tuesday to remove interim president Han Duck-soo, but quickly backtracked and decided to wait until the end of the week, party members said, as the risk of further political uncertainty has increased.
The measure comes at a time when the country is still recovering from the , which lasted a short time and which he, in part, attributed to the opposition’s propensity to dismiss government officials.
Opposition Democratic Party (PD) bench leader Park Chan-dae said the party will wait until the end of this week to decide whether to go ahead with the plan to impeach Han. Previously, the party said it would present a bill to impeach Han as early as this Tuesday.
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The PD, which has a majority in parliament, is taking this step after Han delayed signing a law to launch a special board of inquiry into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law.
The party said Han was acting against the will of the people by helping Yoon, whose powers were suspended after parliament voted for his.
