Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea counterpart for having ruled on the dismissal of the president on martial law

Jean Mackenzie
Seoul correspondent

This case was heard by eight judges. For the dismissal of Yoon to be maintained, at least six of them must accept this. If three or more reject the dismissal, it would be authorized to return according to.

For a certain time, he was almost held for granted that Yoon would be dismissed. This was considered a relatively simple case that would be decided quickly.

Legal Minds argued that he was not allowed to declare martial law and that he had not followed the correct process when he did. According to the constitution of South Korea, martial law should only be used during the war or a similar emergency, the government must be consulted and the parliament must have its say.

But the verdict took much more time than expected, suggesting the experts wondering if the judges could have been more conflict than the first.

So, what reason could the judges reject the dismissal? Some legal researchers believe that they could contest the way in which the trial was conducted, or decide that the missteps of yoon procedure were not serious enough to justify it to disappoint it.

One of the most controversial questions they have considered is whether he ordered the army to withdraw the legislators from the Parliament at the night of martial law, to prevent them from voting in order.