Earlier in the day, Korean police announced that the force’s Special Investigation Team had conducted a search of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office, a number of police agencies and the office of the National Assembly Security Force. according to AFP.
However, a police spokesman later said that while investigators had entered the police offices and parliamentary security forces, they could not enter the presidential office building due to being detained. The president’s security guards stopped him.
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The presidential office has not commented on the above information.
The crisis management team established by President Yoon’s ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) proposed a plan for Mr. Yoon to resign in February or March, followed by holding a new presidential election. in April or May.
The building housing the Korean President’s office in Seoul on December 11
Currently, the above proposal has not yet been officially approved by all PPP parliamentarians, and is facing resistance from President Yoon.
According to the sheet The Korea Times On December 11, the presidential office informed PPP that Mr. Yoon decided to face the risk of impeachment rather than resign early as requested by the ruling party.
Meanwhile, the opposition Democratic Party said the vote on the second impeachment motion against President Yoon will take place at around 5:00 p.m. on December 14 (local time).
The opposition party needs 8 votes of support from PPP parliamentarians to have enough votes to pass the motion to impeach the president.
