Seoul (TDI): South Korea’s ruling party leader announced his resignation on Monday after President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached by the parliament last Saturday.
Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, said in a televised media conference that he quit the post as the party’s supreme council collapsed with the resignation of its members, making it impossible for him to continue as the party head.
He apologized to all who suffered from martial law, which Yoon declared on the night of December 3 but the National Assembly revoked only hours later.
Han’s resignation came less than 5 months after he was elected as the party leader on July 23.
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The second impeachment motion against Yoon was passed through the National Assembly on Saturday and was forwarded to the Constitutional Court of South Korea to deliberate it for up to six months, during which his presidential power is suspended.
Following the impeachment, all 5 elected members of the People Power Party’s supreme council expressed their willingness to resign.
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The floor leader Kweon Seong-dong will serve as ruling party’s acting leader after Han’s stepping down.
