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South Korean President suspended Yoon Suk Yeol is still in prison on Friday March 7 despite a release order issued on the same day by a tribunal of Seoul, announced his lawyers. “Even if the court decides to cancel the detention, the accused is not immediately released,” said lawyer Seok Dong-Hyeon. A use of their client’s detention, arguing that prosecutors had awarded him one day after the end of the mandate under which he was detained after his failed attempt to suspend the civil regime in December. “To guarantee the clarity of the procedure and eliminate any doubt about the legality of the investigation process, it is appropriate to issue a decision to cancel the detention,” wrote the tribunal of the Central District of Seoul in its decision. The conservative president had plunged South Korea into political chaos on December 3 by decreeing martial law and sending the army to the Parliament to try to muse. He had to reverse six hours later, the deputies having managed to meet in an emergency and to vote a motion demanding the return to the civil regime. Yoon Suk Yeol, 64, had justified his coup by the fact that the Parliament, dominated by the opposition, blocked the adoption of the state budget. In a surprise television speech, he had said he wanted to “protect the liberal South Korea from the threats posed by the North Korean communist forces” and “eliminate the elements hostile to the State”. Proces in dismissal the South Korean national assembly had voted the dismissal of Yoon Suk Yeol on December 14. The President is currently only suspended from his functions while waiting for the Constitutional Court to confirm or infirm the vote of the deputies. Heal the South Korean media, this decision could be rendered next week. If the Court confirms the dismissal, Mr. Yoon will be definitively fallen and a presidential election will be organized within 60 days. Otherwise, he will be reinstalled in his functions. The major part of the trial in the dismissal of Yoon Suk Yeol has looked at the question of whether he violated the Constitution by declaring martial law, a measure which can only be taken when a military intervention is necessary to preserve security and public order “in the event of armed conflict or a similar national emergency”. Arrest Seoul, the South Korean President had been charged on January 26 and placed in pre-trial detention for six months. He is accused of “insurrection”, a crime liable to capital punishment or life prison, which is not covered by his presidential immunity. His criminal trial, the first against a president in office in the history of South Korea, started on February 20 before the tribunal of the central district by a preliminary hearing devoted to procedural issues. The next hearing is scheduled for March 24.
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Publish date : 2025-03-10 11:26:04
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