Yoon liberated from detention | The star

But the president is still under investigation to declare martial law

The defendant President Yoon Suk-Yool was released from the arrest after a court annulled his arrest for procedural reasons, but remains under investigation into his declaration of martial law.

The suspended president, who was arrested in a raid of the dawn in January for insurrection charges during his attempt on December 3 of subverting the civil government, left the detention center smiling, before leaning deeply before a small multitude of followers that cheer.

“I lean with my head with thanks to the people of this nation,” Yoon said in a statement posted yesterday through his lawyers.

A day before, a court had canceled its arrest warrant for technical and legal reasons, a decision that the prosecutors investigated in a statement yesterday was “unfair.”

Yoon was released after prosecutors renounced their right to appeal the court’s verdict, which was specifically about technical details of their arrest for criminal charges.

Yoon also faces a separate constitutional court on whether he must maintain his dismissal and formally clear him from the position, and the decision of the judges is expected any day.

Prosecutors said “given the decision of the Constitutional Court and related considerations, the Attorney General has instructed the team to actively present their arguments before the Court of First Instance instead of appealing Yoon’s release from detention.”

South Korea must celebrate a new presidential election within 60 days if Yoon is eliminated.

The criminal case against him will continue even if he is formally stripped of a position.

Yoon’s lawyers, who had submitted a request to cancel their arrest last month arguing that their arrest was illegal because the Prosecutor’s Office waited too much to accuse him, praised his release.

“The president’s release means the restoration of the rule of law,” said his legal team in a statement.

Yoon got into a convoy of vehicles and led directly to the presidential residence, journalists saw, leaving their car outside the presidential complex to greet the hundreds of followers who hope they were waiting outside.

The opposition criticized the decision, with the leader of the Democratic Party Lee Jae-Myung saying in a rally that they would fight until the insurrection ends. “

Yoon, a former prosecutor, immersed Korea Democrat in agitation in December by briefly suspending the civil government and sending soldiers to Parliament.

He has been accused of insurrection for his declaration of martial law, that legislators rejected in a matter of hours before accusing him.

The 64 -year -old man resisted arrest for two weeks, in a tense confrontation between his security team and researchers in his official residence in Seoul. He was finally arrested on January 15.

Much of the political trial trial has focused on whether Yoon violated the Constitution by declaring the martial law, which is reserved for national emergencies or war times.

The opposition accused him of taking the extraordinary measure without adequate justification.

Yoon’s lawyers have said that he declared that Martial Law warns the country about the dangers of the “legislative dictatorship” by the opposition. – AFP