If motion is successful, it would be country’s second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeksSouth Korea’s opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against the acting president, Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the constitutional court which will decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.South Korea became mired in a political crisis when President Yoon Suk Yeol, currently suspended, declared martial law on 3 December. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/south-korea-opposition-moves-to-impeach-acting-president-in-new-political-twist
Author : Agence France-Presse
Publish date : 2024-12-26 10:37:03
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