GROWING GUILT
Lee urged Yoon to step down, saying he may nonetheless put an finish to “this unlucky state of affairs” earlier than the vote and, if profitable, a courtroom ruling that will finalize it.
“Every minute he stays in workplace, his guilt and accountability grows,” he stated.
South Korea has emerged from colonialism and warfare to grow to be Asia’s fourth-largest financial system and a vibrant democracy, with its cultural energy – from Ok-pop to a Nobel Prize-winning creator – ascending globally.
Lee insisted that this week’s six-hour interval of martial legislation – the primary in additional than 4 many years – needs to be seen as an remoted misstep.
“It is important to view Yoon’s extremely irrational, impulsive and unreasonable choice as a unprecedented anomaly,” he stated.
He likened it to “a sudden fever brought on by micro organism” that the immune system rapidly overcomes.
“South Korea’s democracy is robust and its persons are brave and sensible. That is why this absurd army coup try was defeated so rapidly.”
Passing the impeachment movement would require eight lawmakers from Yoon’s ruling occasion to vote with the opposition – and Lee stated that whereas he was more and more assured they may accomplish that, he wasn’t certain.
He urged ruling occasion lawmakers to “replicate on what politics actually is. It’s about representing the need of the individuals… and the need of the individuals is now clear.”
