South Korean conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday that a day after a Seoul dish had canceled his arrest to enable him to be on trial because of rebellion without being arrested.
After Yoon had gone from a detention center near Seoul, Yoon waved his fists and bowed deep to his followers, who shouted his name and waved South Korean and US flags. Yoon climbed into a black van who went to his presidential residence in Seoul.
In a declaration distributed by his lawyers, Yoon said that he “appreciated the courage and decision of the Seoul Central District court to correct illegality” in an obvious reference to legal disputes about his arrest. He said he also thanked his followers and asked those who are against his office to end them.
Yoon was arrested and accused by prosecutors on December 3, 2024 in January because of his war law on December 3, 2024, which the country fell into huge political turbulence. The liberal opposition -controlled National Assembly voted separately to complain about it, which led to his suspension from the office.
The constitutional court has thought about whether Yoon is officially released or reinstated. If the court maintains its elevation, a national election will be recorded to find its successor within two months.
On Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and asked by the authorities in relation to a criminal uprising examination. He said he only worked with an illegal examination to avoid violence. An estimated 3,000 police officers were deployed on Yoon’s presidential site and brought wire cutters and ladders.
The Seoul Central District Court said on Friday that Yoon’s application for liberation from prison accepted and quoted the need to answer questions about the legality of the President. Yoon’s lawyers have accused the investigative authority, which arrested him before his formal arrest of the lack of legal authority to investigate rebellion costs.
The Seoul court also said that the legal period of its formal arrest had expired before it was charged.
Yoon’s release came after the prosecutors had decided not to appeal the Seoul court’s decision. South Korean law allows the prosecutors to keep a suspect while he is initiating a calling, even after his arrest has been canceled by a court.
The liberal opposition Democratic Party, which headed Yoon’s raising on December 14th, excluded the decision of the public prosecutor and called it “Handlanger” by Yoon. The spokeswoman for the party, Cho Seung-Rae, asked the constitutional court to dismiss Yoon as soon as possible in order to avoid further public unrest and anxiety.
At the center of public criticism of Yoon about his war law decree was his shipping of hundreds of troops and police officers to the National Assembly after he had put the country under military rule. Some high-ranking military and police officers who were sent to the meeting have stated that Yoon ordered them to pull out the legislators to thwart a parliamentary coordination of the decree. Yoon decided that he wanted to maintain order.
Finally, the legislature succeeded in entering a meeting hall and unanimously agreed to lift the Yoon decree.
The investigators have claimed that Yoon’s war law decrees are the rebellion. If he was convicted of this crime, he would face the death penalty or lifelong detention. Yoon has the president’s immunity towards most criminal law enforcement measures, but that does not include serious charges such as rebellion and betrayal.
Yoon said that he had not intended to maintain war law, long only he tried to inform the public about the danger of the democratic party, which his agenda disabled and prescribed many high -ranking civil servants and prosecutors. In his announcement of war law, Yoon described the assembly “a cave of criminals” and “anti-state forces”.
South Korea’s conservative-liberal gap is serious, and the rallies that either support or denounce the elevation of Yoon have divided the Seoul streets. Experts say what decision the constitutional court makes, the department will surely deteriorate.
