South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will reportedly resign from office after he was banned from leaving the country by the Justice Ministry. This is all because he made an unforgivable power grab that has backfired spectacularly.
Last week, the President declared martial law in South Korea because the opposition-controlled parliament was not doing what the President wanted. It caused a major uproar and the President ended it within hours. He is now under investigation for prosecution on charges of a rebellion and treason.
This is the first time a sitting president has been under a travel ban, meaning he cannot attend high-profile conferences with world leaders. On Saturday, the South Korean parliament voted to impeach him but impeachment was not announced because the ruling party boycotted the vote.
Before the vote, President Yoon Suk Yeol reportedly “apologized to his fellow citizens and said that he had entrusted state affairs, including the issue of his term, to the ruling party and the government.”
According to The Libertarian Institute: “People Power Party leader Han Dong Hoon explained that Yoon would resign sometime soon and would cease all official business immediately. ‘Through the orderly early resignation of the president, we will minimize the confusion to South Korea and its people, stably resolve the political situation and recover liberal democracy,’ he said Sunday. ‘Even before his resignation, the president will not be involved in state affairs, including diplomacy.'”
