Han Duck-soo says he will step aside to avoid further chaos, as finance minister assumes acting presidency
Han Duck-soo who was appointed prime minister by Yoon Suk Yeol. He became acting president after South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon, a conservative, about two weeks ago over his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.
Han’s time as acting president quickly became mired in difficulties when he clashed with the opposition Democratic Party over appointments to the Constitutional Court, the inauguration of an independent investigation into Yoon’s martial law order, and new pro-farmer bills.
The main gripe is the Democratic Party’s demand that Han approve the assembly’s nominations of three new Constitutional Court justices to restore its full nine-member bench before it officially rules on Yoon’s impeachment.
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