The South Korean Supreme Court ended the most famous political turmoil when it unanimously decided to remove the president who was isolated by Yun Suk Yol on Friday, which led to the way to elect a new leader.
However, the political crisis raised by Mr. Yoon by announcing the mutilation of martial laws in December – and its number that followed by the National Assembly – revealed a profound incision in the polarized South Korea policy that may prove difficulty in recovery. For several months, the demonstrators for Mr. Yun seized the streets in Seoul.
The country must continue without an elected leader before the elections, as it deals with external challenges that include deep military cooperation between North Korea and Russia and a turmoil in global trade ignited by the new tariff for President Donald Trump.
But after months of political oblivion, the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Friday recently gave South Korea a feeling of the direction he needed.
Mr. Yun, who had held his job despite his isolation, is a former president now. In the coming days, he must evacuate his presidential residence in the hills in the center of Seoul, and the government will set an appointment for the national elections because his successor must be chosen within 60 days. On Friday, officials reduced a presidential logo in front of a building where Mr. Yoon used to managing the government. The military units began to remove its pictures.
“This is a victory for the South Korean democracy,” said Song Duke Hayham, Dean of the College of Political Studies at the University of Kyungji, recalling how the South Koreans sacrificed their lives for military rule exhibitions in the past. “It took time, but this time, the rule of law eventually prevailed without the return of blood or dangerous violence.”
The Mr. Yun Foundation for Combat Ruling, which lasted six hours until the National Assembly voted to kill it was the first attempt by a South Korean leader to use the army as a political tool since the country began to set democracy in the 1980s.
In the ruler of millions of South Koreans, including schoolchildren, they watched on direct television on Friday, the Constitutional Court found that Mr. Yoon was guilty of “violating the constitutional order” and “betraying the confidence of the people” when he sent the forces to seize the legislative body during the brief fighting law.
Hours before the ruling, the supporters and opponents of Mr. Yoon gathered for the competing gatherings in Seoul, and some of them grabbed the sidewalk overnight. When the chief of judges, the Chargé d’Affaires of Judges, Moon Hyungybai, began reading 22 minutes, the silence fell when the crowd listened with attention to every word of the ruling that will determine the fate of Mr. Yun-and the future of South Korea democracy. Some discouraged their hands together in prayer.
When the ruling came, a crowd broke out near the court. The reaction of those who support the removal of Mr. Yun with screaming joy, pumping their grip into the air and embracing each other.
Jang Jayuk, 21, who said he was on the street near the stadium overnight with other students from his university, said, “
In a march of supporters of Mr. Yoon, there was noisy. Some people folded in dismay, while others cursed loudly.
Yi Chung Ho, 65, came to Seoul from the island of Geiji, off the southern coast of South Korea, spending two nights on the street to support Mr. Yoon.
“The constitution has collapsed,” he said. “The decision is illegal.”
But the crowds were dispersed quickly after the court announced despite the previous concerns of violent clashes. The police were at the highest level on alert, as they set up long grains around the court. Schools were closed in the neighborhood. Companies asked employees to work from home.
“Today coincides with the real start of South Korea,” said Lee Jay Meong, the leading opposition leader who carried out a campaign to remove Mr. Yoon. Mr. Lee is expected to win the Democratic Party nomination, and opinion polls have shown that he had the strongest opportunity to win if presidential elections are now. There was no strong tower in Mr. Yoon’s party.
Mr. Yoon thanked his supporters and apologized to people. But he did not comment directly on the court ruling, saying only: “I am sorry and sorry because I could not upgrade your expectations.”
But the Party of its people said it was “humble” before the rule.
Political turmoil can continue if the supporters of the hardline line of Mr. Yun continue their protests. But “it will not pose a major threat, as the People’s Party must transform its geosur towards the new elections,” said Ahon Pong Jin, a professor of political science at the University of Kyung He is in Seoul.
Mr. Yoon drowned his country in his largest political crisis for decades when he suddenly declared martial law on December 3 while many world leaders were busy preparing for Mr. Trump’s return to the White House. Instead of building cooperation between the two parties, he tried to seize the National Assembly with the forces, describing the opposition “anti -state forces.” Citizens soon mobilized to prevent military acquisition, giving legislators time to collect and vote for the declaration of martial law. Mr. Yun ended, leaving his country to confront Mr. Trump-North Korean leader Kim Jong Un-at the era of Acting President without a popular mandate.
“South Korea was able to avoid the worst results and can see light at the end of a long political crisis,” said Lev-Eric Isley, a professor of international studies at Iowa University in Seoul, on Friday’s ruling. “It is not an early moment, given how the upcoming administration in Seoul must move in North Korea’s military threats, Chinese diplomatic pressure and Trump’s commercial tariffs.”
The overthrow of Mr. Yun was a overwhelming blow to the Conservative camp in the country: the second consecutive president was extinguished due to the dismissal. (The first was President Park John Herry in 2017). He has increased the chances of his progressive opponents in the current opposition to restore power and reshape the foreign policy of South Korea.
Mr. Yun, conservatives, were pleased by adopting difficult positions towards North Korea and China and expanding joint military training with the United States. He also won the tranquility from Washington when he improved relations with Japan to put the land for tripartite cooperation to deter China. Its progressive competitors prefer dialogue with North Korea and seek to be both with both the United States, the main military vitality in South Korea, and China, its largest commercial partner.
“It will be an arduous battle for the Conservative Party to win early presidential elections,” said Deion Kim, a Seoul colleague at a new American security center. “If you win, South Korea’s foreign policy will probably appear completely different from what the United States and similar countries to think during the presidency of Yun, due to the demands of the progressive base.”
Mr. Yoon’s combat law also revealed how dangerous the province is to reach a military acquisition. South Korea is wrestling with a deep political polarization, dysmogy online and circulating the radical right wing. Its legislative irritation by partisan war.
Mr. Hehim said: “Whoever wins the upcoming elections will face the arduous challenges of combining a deep broken society, as well as dealing with the Trump tariff.”