The South Korean Constitutional Court has ruled against the country’s Prime Minister Han Dicks, and has decided to restore his post as acting president, identifying the latest political turning point in the months of political turmoil.
After the country’s leader Yun Sik Yule, Han took over as the acting president, who was affected by his short term of martial law later last year.
Han lasted for less than two weeks, and he was denied the appointment of three more judges in the Constitutional Court, after a clash with the opposition -led parliament, he was affected and suspended on December 27.
The court judges made a decision on Monday to one to one to end the motion.
Of the eight judges, five said that the motion against Han was correct, but there was not enough foundations for his motion that he did not violate the constitution or South Korean law regarding the declaration of martial law or possible uprising.
The two judges ruled that the motion against Han, which was then established, was wrong from the beginning because two -thirds of the parliament did not approve it. A justice voted for Han to be appointed.
Han, 75, served in leadership positions for more than three decades under conservative and liberal, five presidents.
In a country that is rapidly divided by discriminatory rhetoric, Han was seen as a rare example of an official whose career in his career crossed the party lines.
Nevertheless, the opposition -led parliament accused him of not doing enough to thwart the Yun’s decision to announce the Martial Law announcement, he refused.
Finance Minister, Choi Sang Mok, took over as acting president, while the constitutional court considered the cases of Yun and Han.
Parliament refused to refuse to appoint more judges in the Constitutional Court, along with its alleged role in the martial law, and support the special lawyer bills targeting the Yun and the first woman, Kim Kevin.
Han attended the only hearing in the case on February 19, where he denied any role in the martial law incident and demanded the court to reject the motion.
The unexpected implementation of martial law by Yun on December 3, and the consequent political volatility, sent waves of trauma through Asia’s fourth largest economy, and raised concerns from allies like the United States, who saw China and North Korea as a key to fighting.
After refusing to seal the parliament by the police and the military, after stopping the fence to avoid security cards, the martial law continued for only six hours after the lawmakers voted in favor of rejecting the declaration.
