Well, because I think the president is preparing for his court ruling. And within 180 days, the Constitutional Court will decide the validity of this impeachment. And within this period, the President Yoon is going to prepare, and he's going to call the attorneys and the lawyers in order to prepare for the trial. And he's going to say that this is not unconstitutional. And therefore, this time, so there have been confusion in South Korea, so we would like to review how this had happened. So this was an abrupt announcement on 3rd of December.
And President Yoon had called for the martial law, and therefore, there have been some militaries being deployed in the National Assembly.
And when the situation was so tense, at the early morning on 4th, the National Assembly had conducted a plenary session, and during that time,They had called to annul the martial law, and therefore, within six hours, the martial law has been lifted.
And therefore, this has been announced as unconstitutional, and therefore, the opposition party had submitted a motion to impeach the president. And therefore, well because they need to invite the ruling party members in order to pass the motion.
And there have been so many pressure in order to resign. However, Mr. Yoon had apologized to the public.
I declare this martial law because I had a sense of urgency, because I'm ultimately responsible for the state affairs as a president. I would like to apologize sincerely.
Most of the ruling party members did not participate in the vote, so the motion failed. On the following day, the leader of the ruling party and Prime Minister Han Dok released a comment.
We will make the President resign early, in ordinary manner. And put an end to the confusion and make the politics stable. Even before the resignation, the president will not be involved in the government.
On the other hand, opposition parties said, it is not acceptable that the leader of the ruling party and the Prime Minister run the country without any constitutional or legal ground, and he expressed his intention. to aim to impeach the President.
Now, we would like to ask Mr. Okuzono from the Shizuoka Prefectural University about this matter.
And how do you receive the results of this voting?
So minority ruling party He was in a very difficult position. However, he tried to overcome the situation by declaring martial law.
But it destroys the democracy they have won. So many people very angry and express their anger.
However, the ruling party did not participate in the voting in the first time. And that added fuel to people's anger.
And the ruling party could no longer ignore the resentment of the Korean people.
What's your view on this? So as I have mentioned before, they have been so much angry amongst the people of South Korea and therefore, so if they are going to oppose to the impeachment, that is going to be a pressure to them and therefore the part of the ruling party has supported the motion.
So as a result, what will happen to South Korean politics?
So first of all, so the Constitutional Court will decide and therefore the president is going to mention that it was not illegal to announce the marshall law, and therefore within 180 days, and therefore the president is going to utilize that time frame in order to mention. And also, maybe there could be a change in the national opinion, and also the opposition party so well because the representative of the ruling party had received as the a decision that it was unlawful to conduct. And therefore, if he will be guilty, he cannot participate in the next presidential election. And therefore, as a ruling party, they would like to allocate more time and therefore, in order to protect.
So therefore, they're going to take time in order to make the changes in the national opinion, and also because the opposition party would like to utilize the momentum, and therefore not concluding only with this impeachment, they're going to utilize the national poll opinion in order to impeach the president. And therefore, as early as possible, they would like to conduct the presidential election as soon as possible, and theygoing to aim to create provide the President by themselves.
Well, both governments think that say that there will be no impact, however, but there will be some influence. The two leaders built very good relations. So South Korea may not spare a lot of energy for diplomatic effort. So the improvement may not be reversed, but it may be difficult to go ahead.
So that's been Mr. Yano. Thank you very much.
It's possible thatinvestigation will make progress. And according to the police, there there was a question whether they are thinking about asking for the arrest warrant for Li Feng Yoon, and he said that they are thinking about it. So in the arrest warrant for the former defense minister, the President Yoon is also mentioned. And the Japan-South Korea relations are improving. And how would that be impacted?
And we're coming to you live from our NHK World Japan studio. That was our domestic service with simultaneous interpretation in English, covering the outcome of the second impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
And that's a wrap for this edition of NHK Newsline.
I'm Ramin Mellegard. Thank you very much for joining us.
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