December 7th is a crucial day for South Korea.
The opposition party accuses South Korean President Yoon Suk yeol’s emergency martial law as a serious unconstitutional act; If Yin Xiyue does not resign, the impeachment process will be pushed forward.
Yin Xiyue refused to resign.
On the afternoon of the 7th, a formal impeachment vote was held.
The South Korean National Assembly has a total of 300 seats and 192 members from 6 opposition parties, but the threshold for impeachment requires at least 200 affirmative votes.
That is to say, in order to successfully impeach Yin Xiyue, the opposition party’s power is not enough, and someone from the ruling party must defect.
In the past few days, there has been a significant fluctuation in the attitude of the ruling party.
When Yin Xiyue suddenly issued martial law, the leader of the ruling National Power Party, Han Dongxun, stepped forward and criticized this as a wrong act, stating that he would “stop it together with the people”.
In fact, out of the 190 votes in favor of abolishing martial law in the parliament at that time, more than 10 votes came from Han Dongxun and others. At a critical moment, the opposition party and the ruling party put aside their past grievances and shook hands to make peace.
But the ruling party once held an opposing attitude towards whether to impeach Yin Xiyue.
reason?
It’s also very simple. It’s not to protect Yoon Seok yeol, but after impeachment, South Korea will definitely have a new election. According to the current situation, the final candidate to come to power is likely to be the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae myung.
Things are still changing rapidly.
According to a report by Yonhap News Agency, Hong Changwon, the first chief of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), revealed in the National Assembly on the 6th that after Yoon Seok yeol issued an emergency martial law order on the 3rd, he personally instructed to arrest individual politicians.
According to Hong Changyuan, Yin Xiyue told him over the phone, ‘Take this opportunity to arrest and clean up everything.’ He also said, ‘I will delegate the anti spy investigation power to the National Intelligence Agency, and you will first provide assistance to the Anti Spy Command of the Ministry of National Defense, including funding and manpower.’.
Hong Changyuan subsequently made phone contact with the spy defense commander, Brother Lv Yin, and conveyed Yin Xiyue’s instructions. Afterwards, Brother Lv Yin named and arrested the target, and requested to trace the whereabouts of the relevant personnel.
Who are being arrested?
According to Hong Changyuan, the arrested individuals include the Speaker of the National Assembly, Yu Yuanzhi, the leader of the National Power Party, Han Dongxun, and the leader of the United Democratic Party, Li Zaiming.
That is to say, in Yin Xiyue’s view, the leader of the opposition party should be arrested, the Speaker of the National Assembly should be arrested, and the leader of the ruling party who is at odds with her should also be arrested.
public opinion is seething with indignation.
The outside world noticed that Han Dongxun, who was “listed as a target,” stated on the same day that in order to protect South Korea and its citizens, “I believe it is necessary to stop Yoon Seok yeol from carrying out the presidential duties as soon as possible.
He said, “If Yoon Seok yeol continues to fulfill his presidential duties, there may be another extreme act similar to the martial law, putting South Korea and its people in serious danger. I believe it’s time to only consider the country and its people
Even the most foolish person could hear the implication of this statement: in the vote on the 7th, the ruling party will also give the green light to the impeachment case.
On the one hand, impeachment is advancing; On the other hand, post autumn accounting is accelerating.
The South Korean Prosecutor’s Office, also known as the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, announced on the 6th that it will form a special investigation department to launch a serious investigation into the “12.3 emergency martial law situation”.
After eight years, the South Korean prosecution has once again established a special investigation headquarters. At that time, the headquarters was established to investigate President Park Geun hye.
Now it’s Yin Xiyue’s turn.
The survey targets not only Yoon Seok yeol, but also several current South Korean generals. More extensive than last time.
On that day, the special investigation department had confiscated the mobile phones of three individuals: South Korean Police Chief Zhao Zhihao, Seoul Police Chief Kim Bong sik, and National Assembly Guard Captain Mu Hyun tae.
Previously, the South Korean prosecutor’s office had banned the resigned Defense Minister Kim Jong hyun from leaving the country on suspicion of internal strife.
On the 6th, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced that three lieutenant generals, namely Lieutenant General Lee Jin woo of the Capital Defense Command, Lieutenant General Guo Chung geun of the Special Operations Command, and Lieutenant General L ΓΌ in of the Counterintelligence Command, will be suspended from their duties effective immediately.
A 6-hour emergency martial law ended dramatically, but the fate of many people changed as a result.
People cannot help but think of the ‘Blue House Curse’.
The world knows that the most dangerous profession in South Korea is being the president.
In any case, except for Moon Jae-in, none of the successive South Korean presidents has ever died a good death, a prison sentence, a exile in exile, and a suicide. This is the “Blue House Charm”.
So, after becoming the President of South Korea, Yoon Seok yeol firmly refused to stay in the Blue House and forcibly took over the original Ministry of National Defense and converted it into the Presidential Palace.
The Blue House has been changed, but the curse has not been broken.
As the president, Yoon Suk yeol, who wielded great power, had many ways to play games, but he chose the worst emergency martial law and ultimately dug himself a big hole.
Don’t forget, the last martial law in South Korea was during an abnormal period over 40 years ago, and in a few days, it will be the 45th anniversary of the “Double 12 Coup” in South Korea.
On October 26, 1979, then President Park Chung hee was assassinated, and Acting President Choi Kyu ha declared martial law the next morning to prevent North Korea from “invading the south”. On December 12th, Chun Doo hwan launched a military coup. On May 17 of the next year, Quan Doo hwan announced the extension of martial law, creating the “Gwangju incident” that Koreans will never forget
I guess Yin Xiyue is also regretting now, impulsiveness is the devil.
But in this world, there is never a regret medicine to take.
In recent days, many places in South Korea have held events urging Yoon Seok yeol to step down.
Public opinion polls also show that Yoon Suk yeol’s current approval rating is only 13%, with a disapproval rate of 80%. It is truly lamentable that a president has reached this level.
On the 7th, the impeachment vote in the South Korean National Assembly was a significant moment in his life.
South Korean prosecutors are watching closely. Waiting for Yin Xiyue, there is a high probability of being shackled and imprisoned.
In this world, when you come out and mess around, you always have to pay back. You see him building tall buildings, you see him entertaining guests, you see his buildings collapse.
