Thousands of South Koreans are demonstrating in support of or against President Yoon Seok-young. The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Friday, April 4, at an open meeting must decide whether the impeachment announced by the parliament to the head of state is lawful.
If at least 6 out of 8 judges support impeachment, the president will be removed from office. Then new elections will be announced within 60 days. If the impeachment is rejected, Yoon Seok-yeol will return to his duties. But even in this case, a cloudless cadence is unlikely to await him. He violated the established order in the country too much when he declared martial law on December 3, and it is unclear what guided him. The parliament, which was dominated by the opposition, immediately overturned this decision. Yoon Seok-yeol was arrested. A few days after he was taken into custody, supporters of the president vandalized the courthouse, where an arrest warrant was issued. The warrant has now been cancelled.
Mindful of recent events, law enforcement forces have increased security measures, cordoning off the building of the Constitutional Court.