The South Korean Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo on Monday in the post of incumbent president and depressed his elevation when he promised to concentrate on a US trade war on the fourth largest economy of Asia.
The judgment that comes in the middle of months of political turbulence in the country immediately returns to power. He took over as deputy chairman of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who himself was charged with his brief imposition of war law in December.
“I think people make it very clear with one voice that the extreme confrontation in politics has to stop,” said Han, who thanked the court for his “clever decision” and thanked the cabinet for her hard work while he was suspended.
“As a reigning president, I will do my best to maintain stable state administration and to devote all wisdom and skills to secure the national interests of the trade war,” said Han in television comments.
South Korea, one of the world’s leading exporters, has prepared for the possible effects of a series of endangered tariffs under US President Donald Trump.
South Korea has already seen us tariffs for steel and aluminum and was looking for a liberation of mutual US tariffs for the next month. At the beginning of this month, Trump honored South Korea for the use of high tariffs on US exports.
The explanation of Yoon’s rights of war stormed the most important US military ally into his greatest political crisis in decades and triggered a leadership vacuum in the middle of spiral incentives, resignations and criminals for a number of top officials.
Han had initially taken less than two weeks in the post and was raised and suspended on December 27, after he had conflict with the Parliament led by the opposition by refusing to appoint three other judges to the Constitutional Court.
The judges at the court decided on Monday seven to delete the elevation.
Five of the eight judges said that the application for the increase in office was valid, but there were not enough reasons to complain about Han, since according to the court’s declaration, he neither violated the constitution nor the law.
Two judges decided that the application for Han, who was the reigning president at the time, was invalid right from the start.
A judiciary agreed to complain about Han.
The 75 -year -old Han has been among five presidents for more than three decades, both conservatively and liberal.
In a country that was sharply divided by partisan rhetoric, Han was seen as a rare example of an official whose diverse career had exceeded the party lines.
Nevertheless, the parliament, which was not enough, accused him of not doing enough to thwart Yoon’s decision, explaining the law of war, an allegations that he denied.
The South Korean Parliament voted on Saturday with the accusation of President Yoon Suk Yeol because of his short -lived war law decree, a historical complaint that was chased by jugy crowds, which described the result as a further defiant moment in the nation’s resistant democratic journey.
Lee Jae-myung, head of the opposition democratic party, said that Hans judgment had to be accepted, but asked the Constitutional Court to quickly decide on President Yoon.
It is expected that the Court of Justice will be available within a few days, even though its consultations have geared longer than expected. Yoon also looks like a separate criminal proceedings for guidelines for an uprising by explaining the law.
If Yoon is removed, a new presidential election will take place within 60 days.
“The court’s continuous delay in the decision creates concern and conflicts … We can now expect the situation that goes beyond a psychological civil war in order to become an actual physical war,” said Lee, who leads into opinion polls to gain a choice if Yoon is removed.
South Korea has seen huge, mostly peaceful rallies to support Yoon and distance in recent months.
Finance Minister Choi Sang-Mok had taken over the position of the incumbent president, while the cases of Yoon and Han were examined by the constitutional court.
The unexpected impression of the war law on December 3, 2024 and the resulting political upheaval sent shock waves through South Korea and brought concerns among allies, such as the United States under today’s President Joe Biden, to counteract Yoon as a key partner in the efforts of counteracting China and North Korea.
In the end, the War Act only lasted about six hours after the legislator contradicted a security process around Parliament and had rejected the declaration.
