South Korea's main opposition party has introduced an impeachment bill against the acting president and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo for refusing to appoint judges to the country's Constitutional Court.
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00:00South Korea's main opposition party has introduced an impeachment bill against Prime Minister
00:05and acting President Han Deok-su for refusing to appoint three judges to the country's constitutional
00:11court.
00:12Han Deok-su said that he will not appoint a judge who is legally responsible for today's
00:24The bill comes less than two weeks after the now-suspended President Yoon Seok-yool was
00:36himself impeached for his botched declaration of martial law.
00:41The country's constitutional court must confirm Yoon's impeachment, and the first hearing
00:46in the case begins Friday.
00:48The opposition has asked Han to officially appoint three judges to the court who have
00:52already been approved by the legislature.
00:55Han says he will not appoint them without consensus among political parties.