The crisis in South Korea has put everyone on edge this morning. The president of the country, Yoon Suk-yeol surprised everyone by declaring martial law to protect the “constitutional order” and after accusing the main opposition party of colluding with North Korea.
Tanks took to the streets and politicians could not access Parliament while protests took place in the streets of Seoul. Hours later, the situation was normalized when Parliament itself overturned the application of martial law, with the entire opposition en masse demanding the resignation of the South Korean leader.
An opposition that has already presented a motion of censure against Yoon that will have to be voted on within a maximum period of 72 hours, which could be the final hours at the head of South Korea for a leader cornered in recent times by several scandals. .
Scandals and controversies surrounding Yoon Suk-yeol
Yoon Suk-yeol came to power practically after debuting in politics and coming from a career as a prosecutor that earned him popularity by fighting corruption and locking up corrupt leaders. However, his leadership of the Conservative Party PPP resulted in a very narrow, one-point victory over the Democratic Party, which meant a minority government with difficulties in carrying out its projects.
Without the control of Parliament, his popularity declined almost at the same rate at which he gained the favor of the people. The constant legislative blockade (for example, without Budgets for next year) was joined by other controversies, such as accusations against journalists and media outlets for information about his wife, Kim Keon-hee.
The president’s wife was in the spotlight mainly for two scandals. First, due to accusations of falsify your resumean aspect for which he publicly apologized, and later for accept a Christian Dior bag valued at $2.2 billion. Above all, because South Korean laws prohibit leaders and couples from accepting gifts of more than $750.
Discontent spread among the population for a increasing inequality in areas such as housingaspects that as a whole remind us of the situation of our country and specifically of Pedro Sanchezdue to their similarity in the Congress of Deputies or the latest information that appeared in the context of the case Begoña Gómez.
The crisis ended up worsening in South Korea with the application of martial law, which Parliament voted to revoke and which could be one of Yoon Suk-yeol’s last administrations as the South Korean country’s top leader.
