Following the effort to suspend civilian rule in South Korea by imposing martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol, the head of the ruling party has called for the swift suspension of the President’s powers saying that he poses a “great danger” if he continues in power.

People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-Hoon said that he would oppose efforts to impeach Yoon, and said “newly emerging facts” had tipped the scales against the president.

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“I learned last night the president ordered the defence counter-intelligence commander to arrest major political leaders, characterising them as antistate forces, and mobilised intelligence institutions in the process,” Han said.

The main opposition Democratic Party says the vote, which is currently scheduled for Saturday will take place as soon it can guarantee the numbers to pass the motion.

The opposition needs the support of at least eight ruling party MPs to secure the 200 votes required for the impeachment motion to pass.
However, earlier, the chief of PPP had stated that his party would not support the opposition’s impeachment motion.

Meanwhile, Haan has now stated that Yoon failed to acknowledge that his martial law declaration was illegal and wrong and there was a significant risk that he could take similar extreme action against if he stayed in office.

If the motion is unsuccessful, South Korea’s Constitutional Court would then rule on whether to confirm Yoon’s removal from office.

It was on Tuesday, that South Korea was placed on Martial law for about six hours after announcing the move in a surprise televised address to the nation in which he had cited threats from “anti-state forces” and North Korean sympathizers.

However, the National Assembly quickly mobilized to overturn Yoon’s order in a 190-0 vote.

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The order was lifted at about 4 am but by the time, the troops had descended on the National Assembly and scuffled with legislators and protesters.

Apart from facing impeachment, Yoon is currently under investigation for treason alongside resigned Defence Minister Kim Yong-Hyun, Army Chief of Staff General Park An-su, and Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, according to the local media reports.