Seoul (TDI): South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to begin reviewing the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his December 3 martial law attempt on Monday, while investigators said they plan to question him this week.
All 6 current justices of the court will attend the first meeting over the impeachment, which the opposition-led parliament approved on Saturday.
The court has up to 180 days to decide whether to remove Yoon from office or to reinstate him.
Justice Kim Hyung-du has said the Constitutional Court will deliberate over procedures and how to conduct arguments.
In 2017, the court started oral arguments about three weeks after parliament voted to impeach then-President Park Geun-hye over abusing the powers, and took 3 months to issue a verdict to strip her presidency.
Yoon and a number of top officials face possible charges of insurrection, for the brief martial law.
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A joint team of investigators from the police, an anti-corruption agency and the defence ministry are planning to call Yoon in for questioning at 10: 00 am on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
On Sunday President Yoon did not appear despite a summon for interrogations by a separate probe by the prosecutors’ office.
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The government led by acting president, Han Duck-soo, was moving quickly to reassure global partners and calm financial markets, while the main opposition party vowed to cooperate in efforts to stabilise the situation.
Early on Monday, Bank of Korea governor, the finance minister, and top financial regulators held a meeting and vowed around-the-clock monitoring of financial and forex markets.
The benchmark KOSPI index surged for a 5th straight session on Monday and traded at its highest levels in more than two weeks, as authorities pledged to stabilize financial markets and analysts noted eased political uncertainty.
