South Korea's president defended his martial law order as an act of governance and denied accusations of rebellion in a statement on Thursday, suggesting he has no plans to resign. and the impeachment attempts and investigations into last week's motion to dismiss.
Yoon Suk Yeol's television statement on Thursday came hours before the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party filed a new impeachment motion against Yoon. The opposition party plans to put the motion to a floor vote this Saturday.
It was an earlier attempt to depose Yoon drop through this past Saturdaywith ruling party lawmakers boycotting a vote at the National Assembly.
Yoon's Martial law decreed on December 3 has created political chaos and protests calling for his ouster.
“I will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been responsible for paralyzing the country's government and disrupting the country's constitutional order from threat to the future of the Republic of Korea,” Yoon said.
Yoon said his introduction of martial law was intended to protect the county's liberal democracy and constitutional order against the liberal opposition party, which he says threatens the constitution.
The order was a regulatory act that cannot be the subject of an investigation, he said, and is not a revolution.
