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Article 2.4.9-South Korean parliament votes to block president's martial law declaration
SEOUL: South Korea's parliament, with 190 of its 300 members present, passed a motion early Wednesday (Dec 4) requiring the martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol to be lifted.
Yoon said on Tuesday night that opposition parties had taken the parliamentary process hostage.
He vowed to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and said he had no choice but to take the measure to safeguard constitutional order.
Shortly after Yoon made his announcement, people began gathering outside the parliament building, with some of them shouting for martial law to be withdrawn.
He vowed to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and said he had no choice but to take the measure to safeguard constitutional order.
Shortly after Yoon made his announcement, people began gathering outside the parliament building, with some of them shouting for martial law to be withdrawn.
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His announcement came as his party and the opposition bicker over the budget.
"To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats
posed by North Korea's communist forces and to
eliminate anti-state elements plundering people's freedom and happiness, I hereby declare emergency martial law," Yoon said in a live televised address to the nation.
The president did not give details of North Korea's threats,
but South Korea remains technically at war with nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
"With no regard for the livelihoods of the people,
the opposition party has paralysed governance
solely for the sake of impeachments, special
investigations, and shielding their leader from justice," Yoon added.
"Our National Assembly has become a haven for criminals, a den of legislative dictatorship that seeks to paralyse the judicial and administrative systems and overturn our liberal democratic order," he said.
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Troops were seen trying to enter the South Korean parliament on Wednesday after Yoon's announcement.
Troops were seen trying to enter the South Korean parliament on Wednesday after Yoon's announcement.
