🇰🇷 #SouthKorea's main opposition party to initiate impeachment unless president resigns

Lee Jae Myung, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party has announced that it will launch impeachment procedures if the country's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, does not resign, the YTN broadcaster reported on Wednesday.

The party reportedly said that the move would reflect the will of the South Korean people.

The South Korean president declared martial law late on Tuesday, claiming that the opposition was sympathizing with North Korea and plotting a "rebellion." 

The parliament defied the presidential declaration and voted to lift martial law. The office of the speaker of the parliament, Woo Won-shik, said that the president's declaration of martial law was invalid following the lawmakers' vote.

Later, Yoon Suk Yeol issued a statement saying that he had withdrawn the military personnel involved in the implementation of martial law and would soon lift it. A government meeting was held to formalize the decision to lift martial law.

“President Yoon cannot avoid the charge of treason... He must step down immediately.”

He called for Yoon to step down immediately after escalating a dispute with the Democratic Party. The move was condemned by lawmakers across all sides.

"Even if the president lifts martial law, he will not be able to avoid civil disobedience," the spokesman was quoted as saying by the Yonhap news agency.

The president can no longer run the state normally and should be suspended from his duties and arrested, the spokesman added.

The South Korean president announced martial law late on Tuesday, claiming that the opposition was sympathizing with North Korea and plotting a "rebellion."

The parliament defied the presidential declaration and voted to lift martial law.

The office of the speaker of the parliament, Woo Won-shik, said that the president's declaration of martial law was invalid following the lawmakers' vote.
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