South Korean president authorized ‘shooting’ to enter parliament: Report
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, reportedly authorized the military to use their weapons if needed in order to enter the National Assembly during his failed attempt to impose martial law.
According to the prosecution indictment report on Saturday, Yoon told the chief of the capital defense command, Lee Jin-woo, that military forces could shoot if necessary to enter the National Assembly.
“Have you still not got in? What are you doing? Break down the door and drag them out, even if it means shooting,” Yoon told Lee, according to the report. “Get inside … bring out the people inside the chamber, and break down the doors with an axe if necessary and drag everyone out.”
After lawmakers rushed inside the National Assembly and nullified Yoon’s declaration of martial law, Yoon told Lee, “Even if it is lifted, I can declare martial law a second or third time, so just keep going.”
Yoon, who has been stripped of his duties by the National Assembly, is under investigation for his short-lived declaration of martial law that plunged the country into political turmoil.
On December 3, heavily armed troops stormed the National Assembly building, scaling fences, smashing windows and landing by helicopter, as lawmakers rushed to parliament to vote down Yoon’s martial law declaration.
The military occupied the Parliament for six hours. It left the building after the lawmakers voted against the president’s decision.
On December 14, 300 lawmakers voted for the president’s impeachment. The vote passed with 204 for and 85 against.
Opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Sun-woo said in a statement on Saturday that “the prosecution has laid bare the undeniable ugly truth about Yoon Suk Yeol, the treasonous ringleader.”
“[Yoon] must be arrested immediately,” he added.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court held its first preliminary hearing on the validity of Yoon’s impeachment on Friday.
The court will also decide the fate of Yoon’s replacement, Han Duck-soo, who was impeached Friday for his refusal to complete Yoon’s impeachment process.
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