South Korea is poised to rule on the political fate of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, deciding whether to permanently remove him from office for his short-lived martial law decree or reinstate him.
The Constitutional Court will rule on the validity of Yoon’s impeachment on Friday at 11 a.m., the court said. The ruling will bring to a close an impeachment process initiated after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted in December to suspend Yoon from his duties.
Yoon will immediately lose power if the impeachment is upheld, and an election to replace him will be held within 60 days. The court needs at least six of its eight justices to vote in the affirmative to oust Yoon.
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