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Prime Minister Han has taken over from the suspended Yoon, who was impeached on December 14 and faces a Constitutional Court review on whether to oust him.
He has also not responded to attempts to contact him by the Constitutional Court, which decides whether to remove him from office or restore his presidential powers. The court plans to hold its first preparatory hearing on Friday.
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea plans to hold its first preliminary hearing on the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 27.
Liberal Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, whose party holds a majority in the National Assembly, urged the Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on Yoon's impeachment and proposed a special council for policy cooperation between the government and parliament.
Yoon will be suspended from his duties, with Han expected to step in as interim leader until the Constitutional Court rules on the impeachment motion within 180 days. If the court agrees on his removal, an early presidential election will be held in 60 days.
Recently, a decision by the Constitutional Court of Armenia has further complicated the issue. The decision stated that the preamble of the Armenian Constitution is immutable.
He explained: "Unfortunately, Armenia's Constitutional Court complicates the situation by asserting that the preamble cannot be altered at all. However, our concern is not with the entire preamble, but with a specific sentence that needs to be changed."
Romania's Constitutional Court has annulled the results of the first round of the presidential election, in which independent candidate Călin Georgescu emerged victorious, Report informs via G4media and Euronews.
President Salome Zourabichvili and opposition representatives, who refused to recognize the election results, had filed a claim before the Constitutional Court regarding it.
The CEC decision is to be submitted to the Constitutional Court to confirm the election results and validate Maia Sandu's mandate as President.