Impeached South Korean ex-president quits party before snap election
South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday he was leaving his conservative party ahead of snap elections triggered by his exit last month over a disastrous bid to impose martial law.
Impeached South Korean ex-president quits party before snap election
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Impeached South Korean ex-president quits party before snap election

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Eurasia 18/05/2025 03:02

South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday he was leaving his conservative party ahead of snap elections triggered by his exit last month over a disastrous bid to impose martial law.

The country goes to the polls on June 3 to choose a successor to Yoon, whose removal from office has thrown the country and his People Power Party (PPP) into turmoil.

The party has been under pressure to expel Yoon, who is standing trial on criminal charges of insurrection, as the main opposition Democratic Party’s candidate, Lee Jae-myung, widens his lead in polls.

“I am leaving the People Power Party today,” Yoon wrote on Facebook, asking people to support the PPP’s official candidate, Kim Moon-soo, who served as the ex-president’s labour minister.

The decision was to “fulfil my responsibility to protect the free Republic of Korea”, he said.

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