(Bloomberg) — The leader of South Korea’s ruling party said he’s stepping down following mounting calls for his resignation, after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over the weekend for his brief martial-law decree.
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Han Dong-hoon announced his resignation at a televised press conference on Monday, two days after the opposition managed to secure enough votes from the ruling party to pass the impeachment motion against the president.
Han served as Yoon’s justice minister before taking the helm of the People Power Party earlier this year. He had increasingly fallen out with Yoon over personnel issues and called for supporting the impeachment just before the parliament put the motion to a vote on Saturday.
Yoon has been suspended from power since the passage and awaits a Constitutional Court ruling on whether to finalize his ouster or put him back in office. Some PPP lawmakers have criticized Han for supporting the impeachment, laying the path for the opposition to potentially reclaim power.
While apologizing to PPP supporters who are unhappy with Yoon’s impeachment, Han said Monday he doesn’t regret supporting it.
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