The union of the South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor will join the strike of the National Federation of Democratic Trade Unions of South Korea for the resignation of the country’s President Yoon Seok-yeol, Yonhap news agency reported, citing a union representative.
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On Wednesday, YTN reported that South Korea’s National Federation of Democratic Trade Unions had announced an indefinite general strike until the country’s president resigns.
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“The Hyundai union, numbering 43 thousand people, will hold a four-hour strike on Thursday and Friday,” the agency said in the material.
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As Yonhap notes, the step will be taken in solidarity with the strike of the country’s National Federation of Democratic Trade Unions.
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South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol announced on Wednesday night the introduction of martial law “to purge pro-North Korean forces and maintain the liberal constitutional order.” The decision came after the opposition Democratic Party supported a budget-cutting bill in the parliamentary budget committee and filed impeachment motions against the state auditor and chief prosecutor. In this regard, Yun Seok Yeol said that attempts to remove a number of high-ranking officials from power threaten paralysis of power.
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Army special forces were sent to the country’s parliament to block the passage of deputies, but the National Assembly of South Korea was still able to meet and voted to lift martial law. 190 out of 300 deputies were present at the meeting; they unanimously supported the demand for the president to withdraw his decision.
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According to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, the president is obliged to lift martial law in the country after parliament voted by a majority against its imposition. More than three hours after the vote, the president promised to lift martial law. Soon after this, the decision to cancel was formalized at a government meeting. The command created to ensure the martial law regime was dissolved, and the military convened to parliament was also recalled.
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The South Korean opposition said it would bring charges of coup against the president, Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Minister of Internal Affairs and Security Lee Sang-min, as well as other key participants in the events from among the military and police. In addition, opposition parties have submitted projects of impeachment of the president and the minister of defense to parliament; voting on them is expected on December 6-7. To remove the president from office, 200 of the 300 votes in parliament will be required, and therefore the opposition will need the support of at least 18 deputies of the ruling party.
