If the president does not resign, he will be impeached.
According to ABC News, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the South Korean opposition, has called on President Yoon Seok-yul to resign or face impeachment by the parliament.
He also expressed concern that the South Korean president, following his failure to impose martial law in the country, will escalate tensions with North Korea and declare war on Pyongyang.
Lee Jae-Myung added that in addition to the president, the ministers of defense, home affairs, and security will also be impeached.
Following the unrest and political crisis in South Korea that began yesterday afternoon with the president’s declaration of “martial law emergency”, hours ago South Korea’s largest labor union called for an indefinite general strike until Yoon Seok-yul resigned.
South Korea’s YTN network reported that the “National Federation of Democratic Labor Unions” of South Korea called for an indefinite general strike until the president resigns.
South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency also reported minutes ago that after the president announced that he had lifted martial law, several senior staff and advisers in the presidential office, from first secretary and above, have resigned en masse.
According to Yonhap, senior staff and advisers “held a meeting with senior aides chaired by Chief of Staff Chung Jin-seok this morning and agreed to their collective resignations.”
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol abruptly declared martial law in the country on Tuesday, which began the current crisis in South Korea.