The Democratic Party of Korea on Friday said it would continue to hold rallies through the weekend, attended by all of its lawmakers, calling on the Constitutional Court to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The Democratic Party's chief spokesperson Rep. Jo Seoung-lae said the rallies in central Seoul will be held continuously through the weekend until the Constitutional Court gives its final verdict on Yoon's removal from office.
"Until the Constitutional Court delivers its final decision, we are not going to stop," the party's chief spokesperson said.
For a third day on Friday, Democratic Party lawmakers marched from the National Assembly in Yeouido to Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno in a show of their determination to secure Yoon's impeachment.
The party's leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung did not attend Friday's march and rally due to an alleged threat of assassination, the party said. The Democratic Party said it heard from a "credible source" that former defense intelligence agents were plotting to attack Lee using handguns smuggled from Russia.
The Democratic Party announced it would launch "nonstop protests" after a local court ordered Yoon's release from detention on Saturday.
The ruling People Power Party has slammed the Democratic Party's protests as "exerting pressure" on the Constitutional Court. Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, the People Power Party's floor leader, said Friday that the Democratic Party should refrain from trying to sway the Constitutional Court with "political threats."
Yoon has been suspended from office since Dec. 14, 2024, after the National Assembly passed a motion to impeach him over his short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3.
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