South Korea's opposition party has postponed its decision to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo, demanding he sign special Bills to investigate his impeached predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol. Han rejected the opposition's request, citing the need for bipartisan agreements, leading the Democratic Party to unanimously adopt an impeachment motion against him.
South Korea 's opposition said on Tuesday (Dec 24) it would hold back a decision to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo until later in the week.on Tuesday to protest against the interim leader's refusal to sign into law special Bills to investigate his impeached predecessor. 'We have decided to exercise patience, taking into account the sentiments of the people, and wait until the 26th (Thursday) to determine whether our demands are met,' floor leader Park Chan-dae said.
The party originally set Christmas Eve as the deadline for Han to promulgate two special Bills investigating suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law, as well as graft allegations surrounding his wife, Kim Keon Hee.Yoon is now waiting for a decision by the Constitutional Court, which requires six votes in favour from its nine-member bench in order for the impeachment motion to be passed. Currently three seats are empty, and can be appointed. But Han, who stepped in to replace Yoon, rejected the opposition's demand at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, insisting on bipartisan agreements for the two Bills. Han's stance'left us no other option but to interpret it as his intention to continue the insurrection by delaying proceedings', Park told a press briefing earlier.On Tuesday, Yoon Jong-kun, the Democratic Party spokesperson told reporters that the impeachment motion against Han had been'unanimously adopted' as the party's official stance. The reasons for impeachment include not only rejecting the two Bills but also'actively participating in and supporting the insurrection' and'attempting to exercise another form of power while the President's authority had not yet formally ended after the insurrection
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