Yoon Suk Yeol’s freedom is short-term as prosecutors plan to follow the condemnation-firl

Despite a judicial ruling that ordered the accused leader to be released from the prison, South Korean prosecutors would still seek the conviction of President Yoon Suk Yeol for Rebellion, the head of the prosecutor’s office announced Monday.

Shim Woo-Jung, the attorney general, declared that although he accepted the decision of the court during the weekend, he did not agree with his conclusion that Yoon’s arrest during the entire trial was illegal since the accusation presentation had beyond the legally allowed expiration date.

“I have directed that the Prosecutor’s Office presents arguments about several disputes during the trial, and we will do everything possible to pursue this accusation,” he told reporters when asked if the court ruling meant that it would probably leave the case.

Yoon has been in criminal trial since February 20 for charges that organized an insurgency by imposing martial law on December 3. He raised the order of martial law after approximately six hours.

His lawyers had submitted a request to annul their arrest, claiming that Friday’s verdict showed that the case against Yoon was politically motivated and without legal validity.

The besieged leader left a prison center on Saturday, almost two months after being arrested.

He was accused by Parliament and remains suspended from the position. The Constitutional Court is scheduled to govern in the next few days about whether to cancel the accusation and restore it, or to permanently remove it from the position.

If Yoon is eliminated, a new presidential election will be held within 60 days. Yoon said that his martial law statement was necessary to eliminate “anti-state” elements; Parliament rejected it in a matter of hours.

The decision of the Central District Court of Seoul on Friday to cancel Yoon’s arrest warrant instead of allowing the automatic extension of his detention during his trial caused mixed reactions of public and political parties.

The Prosecutor’s Office decided not to appeal the ruling based on a conservative reading of the decisions of the Constitutional Court in previous cases that reject the appeals of the prosecutors, said Shim.

Yoon was received by multitudes of followers when he left the detention center and when he returned to his official residence, where he was arrested on January 15, becoming the first president instead of being arrested and accused.