Seoul: Like Suk YeolThe legal saga is over.
Ten days later he was dropped from his office Martial law announcementFor the first time, former Conservative South Korean President appeared in his criminal trial on Monday on charges of high-day rebellion.
In December, the shocking decision of this to declare military rule and send troops to Seoul roads convicted him as the first President of the country in office. If convicted of rebellion, he can face life sentence, or theoretically death sentence.
What is known about the test here, which can take two to three years:
Desire Uttar Bushaled for rebellion? When Constitutional court The impeachment of Parliament retained the impeachment and removed it from the post, it said that it was very serious to violate the constitution and tolerate other laws and “cheated the public’s trust.” It said that the enactment of martial law of Yun created “confusion in society, economy, politics, diplomacy and all other fields”.
Given the ruling, there is a “low probability” to issue a separate verdict for a criminal court, so Yun will be convicted on allegations of rebellion, a lawyer, who specializes in criminal law, said a lawyer Park Sungba.
Seoul central district court Currently reviewing whether Marshal Law has given an amount of an Act to master a rebellion, a serious charge whose punishment is only two sentences – capital sentence or life imprisonment.
Yun has denied allegations of rebellion brought by prosecutors in January. To increase public awareness about this, there was a desperate peaceful attempt to raise public awareness about how the “anti-state” liberal opposition allegedly misused its legislative majority to obstruct its agenda and complicate the state affairs.
According to the Yonhap news agency, “The fact that he accused an incident that lasted only for a few hours and immediately accepted the demand to raise the demand for the National Assembly.”
Some observers earlier said that allegations of rebellion were the subject of debate as their decree did not commit major violence or the number of any serious citizen casualties.
What are central issues? The main issue in the criminal trial is whether the deployment of hundreds of soldiers in the National Assembly and Election Commission offices formed an illegal effort to close those institutions.
While a president has no constitutional right to close the legislature – even under Marshal Law – Yun’s Marshal Law Command declared a suspension of all political activities in the National Assembly.
While defending his actions, he has said that he never tried to paralyze the National Assembly and always planned to accept the result whether the MPs had voted to lift the martial law – which he announced a few hours after its announcement. His claims denied the testimony of some military commanders, who say that Yun ordered him to be pulled out of MPs from the chamber to prevent him from voting against his decree.
The Seoul Court “would focus on determining whether it was intended to reduce the constitutional order, and individually a wide range of specific functions would be assessed, including circumstances under which military and police forces were deployed,” said a lawyer Yang Hong-Sek.
What can a fresh election be brought? Yun’s dismissal elected on June 3 to choose his successor, which will be given a full five -year term.
Observation says that it will affect its effect like this People power partySelection of his presidential candidate, because he wants someone to stand for him and convict him.
Last week, in a public message, Yun thanked his supporters and insisted that he “will continue to do me completely” to create a “free and rich republic of Korea” which we have dreamed together. “
As such, most of the criminal prosecuts do not enjoy the President’s immunity. Experts say the prosecutors may later accuse him of misuse of power and other crimes related to their martial law decree.
The Park said that the test of Seoul District Court is expected up to one or two years as there are lots of witnesses to question and to examine a lot of documents. Yang said that he expects a decision within a year, given how important the matter is.
The Park said that the appeal could be sent to a High Court and then the Supreme Court, but their decisions would probably not take more than a year, the park said.
