South Korea appoints a new acting leader while the old PM enters the electoral race | New policies
Han Duck-SOO declares the candidacy in the June 3 elections to replace the ex-president dismissed Yoon Suk-Yeol.
South Korea has sworn in its third interim president in less than six months, while its predecessor declared its candidacy in an early election to replace the ex-leader dismissed Yoon Suk-Yeol.
The Minister of Education, Lee Ju-Ho, is committed to ensuring “stability” when he was appointed chief of equality during the day, one day after Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo resigned to present himself in the June 3 elections.
“I will do my best for government functions to be managed in a stable manner,” Lee told journalists.
The appointment of a new interim president came while Han’s candidacy injected more uncertainty in an electoral race which was turned upside down by doubts about the admissibility of the left favorite, Lee Jae-Myung, of the Democratic Party.
“I decided to find what I can do for the future of the Republic of Korea that I like and for all of us,” said Han at a press conference in the National Assembly on Friday.
“I will try quite to be chosen by the people of this presidential election.”
On Thursday, the Supreme Court canceled Lee Jae-Myung’s acquittal on violations of election law, referring the case to a lower court.
If his conviction is confirmed before the elections, Lee, who dominated the polls for months, would be disqualified in the race.
The election next month was called after Yoon, a former prosecutor who became a conservative politician, was dismissed from his duties as his declaration of shock from the martial law in December.
While Yoon’s Declaration lasted less than six hours before being elected by the South Korea legislature, political uncertainty and chaos that he unleashed continues to resonate almost six months later.
Han, 75, took the post of acting president following the dismissal of Yoon on December 14, before he himself was dismissed and replaced by the Minister of Finance Choi Sang-Mok.
In March, the Constitutional Court canceled Han’s dismissal, restoring it to the role of acting leader.
Politician and bureaucrat veteran, Han was a Prime Minister in liberal and conservative administrations, as well as Minister of Trade, Minister of Finance and Ambassador to the United States.
Although he is not affiliated with a political party, Han should ally himself with the power of the power of the conservative people of Yoon.
He said his campaign platform would focus on the limitation of the executive power and the modification of the constitution to add more checks and counterweights.
After Han’s announcement, the Democratic Party accused him of having abandoned his functions of leader’s leader.
“We warn the former Prime Minister Han. Do not hide your greed with a lie that you are directing for the people,” said the spokesman for the Democratic Party, Noh Jong-Myun.
