South Korea in Political Crisis

South Korea is not going to last too long, if the current crisis continues in the perilous peninsula. South Korean President Yoon Sook Yeol has imposed martial law without giving any explanation for his intent. South Korea is a democracy, and like all democracies is safeguarded by a constitution. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has imposed martial law and has after a considerable meeting with his cabinet decided to uplift it. The decision should come as a respite for most citizens in South Korea. Fear of draconian measures, would not go down well in the long run, either for the Korean society or its economy. South Korea prides itself on being a democracy, and imposition of martial law must have come as a surprise for the South Koreans. Most citizens live in order to work for their living, and understand the efficacy of peace and political stability. The stable society that they live in ought to be protected lest the wilful hand of government takes a wrong turn. South Korean economy shouldn’t be hampered for long, and stability must be restored in the uncertain times facing the peninsula.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol would be well-advised to think thoroughly about his political actions, and must take right measures to bring normalcy back to his nation. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had called for his cabinet meeting, after the culmination of his abrupt decision, and informed his colleagues that he would be uplifting the martial law. The haphazard nature of politics has taken the upper-hand in politics, and the politics as South Koreans have known has been forgotten. Most politics that a nation has runs on the honourable lines that it dictates to its citizens; the constitution becomes as a guide for them to live as they deserve. The same should be made applicable to South Korea. Its constitution must be protected by the opposition, and given to responsible politics. South Korea can become politically unstable, if the martial law is not uplifted immediately. Politics of all nations relies on the constitutional measures that they are protected with. South Korean opposition must uphold the values that the constitution provides.

South Korea has been considered a safe democracy in the past. Although in its present its status lies in dubiety. The abrupt imposition of martial law has given them a slight than they didn’t want in the international community. Martial law is not a rightful measure for a democracy, and its blatant imposition on citizens’ freedom should call for political introspection in South Korea. As a nation, South Korea must not be excluded from important democracies in Asia, although the present restive actions of President Yoon Suk Yeol call for excessive caution. The obligatory nature of politics is for all to come to terms with and South Korean citizens have to face the brunt of the martial ordeal. South Korea must remain a politically stable state, and a democracy, with all its rights, must be kept in unison. If it goes the wrong way, then it would hurt its politics, and the economy that it has assiduously built in the latter half of the twentieth century. South Korea must restore democracy as hastily as possible and allow its citizens to live and work freely as they are prone to, under the normal circumstances of national life. The wayward nature of politics cannot be made irresolute and democracy oughtn’t to be threatened.  

Yuvraj Saharan

Capital Report