The now former president had been removed from office in December 2024 for trying to establish martial law in the country
The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Friday (4.br.2025) to maintain the removal of Yoon Suk-Yeol (party of popular power, right) from the position of president of the country. He had his impeachment for the South Korean parliament on December 14, after trying to impose martial law.
The, read by Judge Moon Hyung-Bae, interim president of the Court, entered into force immediately. With this, Yoon Suk-Youol is now former South Korean President and the country should hold a presidential election within 60 days.
Yoon Suk-Youol was removed from December 14 for trying to impose martial law, which withdrew rights and exchanged laws for military norms on the 3rd of the same month. At the time, the South Korean leader said he needed the measure to control the “abuseFrom the Democratic Party about Congress, since, because it has a majority in the house, the legend bar was ruling proposals.
Congressmen reversed martial law a few hours later, and began the impeachment process. Despite Parliament’s support on the departure of the president, only the Constitutional Court could confirm Yoon’s dismissal.
According to the interim president of the court, Yoon “committed a serious betrayal of the confidence of the people ”, which is “The Sovereign MemberOf a democracy.
“The negative effects on the constitutional order and the repercussions of the defendant’s violations are serious, making the benefits of protecting the Constitution through the defendant’s dismissal widely higher than national losses resulting from the dismissal of the president”Moon said when confirming impeachment.
Prosecutors from Seoul indicated the now former president for the crime of insurrection, the only one who can take the death penalty or life imprisonment in South Korea. The trial for the process has no scheduled date.
