cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49206576
The defense minister is stepping down
No. Charge him with treason and court martial his traitorous ass.
Oh so they actually are copying the US.
How much leverage does this guy have to survive impeachment after declaring martial-fucking-law for no reason?
Because its more complicated than him just being a bad guy.
He did a stupid, very bad move, but it was because the CCP-infected, anti-Japan opposition passed a budget that forced his hand, it would have apparently cut all government funding by a ridiculous degree.
Reliable news channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gccPFeMJiE
Text of his actual speech: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/world/asia/president-yoon-speech-martial-law.html Mentioned that their budget cut 4.1 Trillion Won° from things like Disaster Prep and Child Care.
°Google says that is ~3 billion USD, but this Globe and Mail(note: pro-business extremists) says 4 billion.
The dude tried to arrest key legislators, including from his own party. This was the world’s worst palace coup.
Yup. Absolutely.
The context in which he did those actions is critical though.
Probably the logic of the ruling party: this president is not great, but if we impeach him now there will be elections and a new president will be elected, this time one from the opposition party. Competent president working for the other party might be considered worse than an incompetent and corrupt one.
I am sure they would vote for impeachment if they had real chances of winning the presidential elections.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about Korean politics, except some recent headlines.
This is the weirdest timeline
Enjoy that indefinite general strikes the unions already called