Constitutional Court of South Korea made a decision on Friday to keep the decision to impeach president Jun Suk Jeola in connection with his declaration of martial law in December. Under the Constitution The fresh head of state elections will take place within 60 days.
Eight judges of the Constitutional Court unanimously voted to uphold Jun's application for impeachment and dismiss him ex officio.
President Jun has not held the office of president since 14 December, erstwhile the South Korean parliament advocated his dismissal, accusing him of violating the constitution and the law. Acting Chief Justice of TK Mun Hjung Be said in his justification that Jun “breached the basic principles of a democratic state‘.
– We cannot accept the defendant's argument that martial law was just a warning, due to the fact that he did not halt at the martial law announcement and mobilized the military and police to detain prominent politicians and judges," Mun added.
Jun himself was not present in the courtroom while announcing the decision. This decision was made by policy lawyers for fear of his safety.
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In downtown Seoul, crap close the TK building, thousands of supporters and politicians gathered. The tribunal's building was tightly surrounded by about 7,000 police officers," reported Yonahp. More than 14,000 officers were guarding the streets of the capital order.
By Friday, the head of state was ‘suspended in duties’. After the Constitutional Court ruling, which had 180 days to examine whether there were adequate legal grounds to initiate the impeachment procedure, he became the second democratically elected President in South Korea removed from office.
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Jun heard the charges of directing the coup separately. The politician was detained on 15 January in connection with the ongoing investigation, becoming the first president in South Korea's past to be arrested during office and then released on 8 March.
The criminal trial in this case in Seoul court will begin on 14 April. According to the Constitution, the immunity of the president of South Korea does not defend him from allegations of treason and coup. They are punishable by a maximum life conviction or death sentence., although in South Korea. not executed since 1997.
