South Korean President's Cabinet and Senior Advisors Resign Following Indefinite General Strike

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Following tensions in South Korea between the president and the opposition and the declaration of martial law, the largest labor union called for an indefinite general strike until the president resigns.

 

Yesterday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol announced that the country's government has been paralyzed due to the opposition's actions and that he is taking the first step to defend a democratic and free country by declaring martial law.

 

Yoon Suk-yol has also accused opposition forces, who control the South Korean parliament, of collaborating with North Korea.

 

In a televised speech, he said: Martial law aims to eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional order and freedom.

 

The decision came after the opposition Democratic Party introduced an amended budget bill in the parliament's budget committee and filed motions to impeach a government auditor and attorney general.

 

Senior aides "held a meeting with senior aides chaired by Chief of Staff Chung Jin-seok this morning and agreed to their collective resignations," the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing South Korea's cabinet ministers who have expressed their intention to resign en masse.

 

Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the opposition, criticized the country's declaration of martial law, saying that the president is no longer the president.

 

He said: "The president's declaration of martial law is illegal and he is no longer the president of South Korea."

 

After lawmakers voted to lift martial law, South Korea's armed forces, who had entered the parliament building hours earlier, withdrew.

 

Meanwhile, South Korean media reported that representatives of six South Korean parties in the country's parliament, including the Democratic Party, the main opposition party, have prepared a draft bill to impeach President Yoon Seok-yeol.

 

The vote on the impeachment of the South Korean president is scheduled to be held in parliament on Friday and Saturday.