Went to sleep at 7 am, woke up at noon, here's what I missed:
—Cho Kuk's party has presented impeachment bill. Main opposition party also plan to do so before EOD
—Chief of Staff and other senior secretaries have resigned. Cabinet itself still in talks about resigning
—Cho Kuk's party has presented impeachment bill. Main opposition party also plan to do so before EOD
—Chief of Staff and other senior secretaries have resigned. Cabinet itself still in talks about resigning
Comments
—National Assembly grounds have been opened to protesters (there's a low wall and gates around the grounds)
—Schools open, Korea seems to be business as usual
—It takes time. We recently went through a successful impeachment in 2017, and it took aaaages. We did it tho!
—The National Assembly votes to impeach, then Constitutional Court has to certify. Con Law experts seem divided on whether having 3 vacancies on court invalidates cert.
—6 opposition parties are issuing joint bill of presidential impeachment (in five minutes)
—National Assembly will officially convene midnight tonight (it's almost 3 pm now) where the clock starts ticking for setting a vote on impeachment
—Vote must take place 24 hours from convening but within 72 hours (earliest time: midnight tomorrow)
—Con Law experts divided on whether president can step down after impeachment is voted on. In other words, he'll have until midnight tomorrow to resign (and I assume retain some semblance of protection)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_of_the_Constitutional_Court_of_Korea
Another article says Lee Jong-seok was appointed the CC's president last November.
Wikipedia seems unreliable on this. Maybe I should ask ChatGPT (jk)