The South Korean president addresses the nation, in Seoul (South Korea), December 12, 2024. KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE / VIA REUTERS Yoon Suk-yeol is a president on borrowed time, now banned from traveling, due to an order issued Monday, December 9 by the Ministry of Justice at the request of the office of investigation into the corruption of personalities. The rejection on December 7 of the impeachment motion targeting him for his attempt to impose martial law four days earlier allowed him to remain in office. But the opposition promised to file a new request for “impediment” on December 14. As Lee Jae-myung, leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP), announced: “We will return this country to normal by Christmas and the end of the year. » Adding that the president, elected in May 2022, now constitutes the “greatest danger” for South Korea. How was Mr. Yoon able to go from independent prosecutor, slayer of the powerful, to apprentice sorcerer of authoritarianism, now threatened with life imprisonment for “treason”? “There is an element of arrogance, which comes from his origins and his profession,” observes a Democratic deputy, who prefers to remain anonymous. Born in Seoul in 1960, Mr. Yoon is the son of a member of the Academy of Sciences and a teacher at the prestigious Ehwa Girls’ University. You have 82.84% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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Publish date : 2024-12-13 22:26:17
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