President Yoon Suk Yeol told South Korea he was “sincerely sorry” for his brief imposition of martial law, in a speech ahead of a scheduled impeachment vote on Saturday.
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Previously: South Korea: President Declares Martial Law for a Few Hours, Says “JK LOL”
He seems really sorry.
What a faggot.
The South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has apologised for his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, promising to face any legal or political consequences hours before parliament is due to vote on his impeachment.In a two-minute televised address to the nation, his first public appearance since he rescinded the martial law order on Wednesday, Yoon said he was “very sorry” for the decision, which he said was born of desperation, and promised not to attempt to impose martial law a second time.
“I am very sorry and would like to sincerely apologise to the people who were shocked,” Yoon said and bowed. “I leave it up to my party to take steps to stabilise the political situation in the future, including the issue of my term in office.”
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main opposition Democratic party, dismissed Yoon’s apology as “very disappointing” and said it had only increased public anger and betrayal.
“Increased public anger and betrayal”? Was that machine translated from Korean?
“The president’s very existence is the biggest risk to South Korea right now,” Lee said, maintaining that there was “no other solution” than his immediate resignation or removal through impeachment.The leader of Yoon’s own People Power party (PPP), Han Dong-hun, also said that the president’s early resignation was unavoidable and that he was no longer in a position to fulfil his duty, according to the national news wire Yonhap.
On Friday, Han had said Yoon was a danger to the country and needed to be removed from power, increasing the pressure on Yoon to quit even though PPP members later reaffirmed a formal opposition to his impeachment.
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The turmoil resulting from Yoon’s bizarre and poorly-thought-out stunt has paralysed South Korean politics and sparked alarm among key diplomatic partners, including neighbouring Japan and Seoul’s top ally, the United States, as one of the strongest democracies in Asia faces a political crisis that could unseat its leader.
Opposition lawmakers claim that Yoon’s martial law declaration amounted to a self-coup and drafted the impeachment motion around rebellion charges.
Maybe it’s hardcore that he’s not resigning. But doing martial law then backing down immediately, then issuing a public apology, is so gay. If he was going to declare martial law, he should have been ready to order military executions of opposition politicians and protest leaders. If you’re not ready to do that, you’re not ready for martial law.
It’s still not remotely clear what this guy was trying to do, the only thing we can assume is that he was attempting to install himself as a supreme leader. The language he used about the opposition working for North Korea definitely indicated he was pushing for a military dictatorship.
Probably, the commentary on that would be that this democracy system that the US exports everywhere on earth is not really popular anywhere, given that it is so unnatural. The natural system does have a dictator. First there were tribal chiefs, then there were clan leaders, then there were kings. People want a supreme leader.
That’s really why the Jews got so upset over Donald Trump: he stirred up this impulse for a supreme leader in the public.
Yoon’s own people throwing him under the bus after his failure is predictable and obvious. Of course they’re going to do that. If he had executed the opposition and then stabilized the country, they’d be saying the opposite thing: that anyone who opposes him is a threat to the country.
But he choked, and people do not like chokers. Chokers are losers and no one wants to be linked to the failures of a loser. If you’re at a casino and some guy is crying and drinking, you don’t go try to cheer him up, you get away from him.
