To Uphold a Verdict

South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol has escaped arrest so far. The South Korean parliament has unhesitatingly issued an arrest warrant. The former president has been throwing tantrums with the compelling force of law, and hasn’t been arrested. South Korea has safeguarded its democratic interests, and has not allowed martial law to prevail and its democracy to be suspended. It has been a trying time for South Korea’s democracy, and any political disturbance caused has been thwarted by its lawmakers.

All democracies work on rule of law. They work in order to uphold constitutional rights of their citizens and give them the rights that are guaranteed. South Korea being a democracy has been upright in its political acumen, and has been able to save itself from mayhem that the former president was trying to impose on its citizens. The two attempts at impeachment and the glowering arrest has made the former president much weaker, politically. Martial law would have suspended the rights of their citizens, and given South Koreans a political havoc that they didn’t deserve.

Most democracies work on certainties, they work in order to serve the interests of the people. The imposition of martial law has rightfully been condemned by its parliament and the impending arrest might call for democratic scrutiny. South Korea being a democracy should consider the democratic risks that martial law might have brought to its society, and the glaring concerns that it would have brought to the citizenry. All democracies work in order to uphold the values of freedom and justice, they work in order to uphold individual rights given to all its citizens. South Korea must uphold the verdict against its former president.

The patience of the authorities is worth admiring, in the case of South Korea, and the present standoff seems to have no end. The citizens of a nation look forward to their lives. They look forward to the social and economic aims that they have set for themselves. South Koreans should be well-regarded around the world to uphold democratic values and the responsibilities that it calls forth in a polity. South Korean democracy has survived a political risqué and given its people the democratic respite that they rightfully deserve. The present century shouldn’t be a cauldron of undemocratic activities. It must uphold the rule of law and democratic values that are considered sacrosanct. The impending arrest of a former president is all it takes to safeguard South Korea’s democracy.

Yuvraj Saharan

Capital Report