Yoon Gone
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South Korea makes things happen.
South Korea’s top court voted unanimously to dismiss the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Friday. The decision clears the way for the election of a new leader after months of political turmoil that has tested its democratic guardrails.
In a ruling that millions of South Koreans watched on live television, the Constitutional Court’s eight justices endorsed the National Assembly’s decision to impeach Mr. Yoon for his failed attempt to place his country under martial law in December. With that ruling, Mr. Yoon, who had been suspended from office since the parliamentary vote on Dec. 14, was formally unseated.
Mr. Yoon’s governing party said that it “humbly” accepted Friday’s ruling, which removed him from office immediately. He has no immediate way back into public office. An official removed by impeachment cannot hold public office for five years, according to South Korea’s constitution, and a president can serve only one five-year term.
Just imagine the idea of consequences for a President who attempted to destroy democratic institutions! It’s hard to even visualize…
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