told supporters “I will fight until the end to protect this country together with you” in a letter made public on Thursday, the third day after .
“I am watching on YouTube live all the hard work you are doing,” Yoon wrote, as supporters protest attempts to detain him near his residence.
Investigators from The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) were again stationed outside that residence on Thursday, though it was unclear whether they planned to move in.
Presidential security services have so far impeded the investigators from entering.
The head of the anti-corruption agency has only said he expects the arrest warrant to be executed by January 6 at the latest, when it expires.
Opposition Democratic Party accuse Yoon of inciting supporters
The opposition Democratic Party, which has majority control of parliament and led the impeachment of Yoon on December 14, said the letter showed Yoon to be delusional, and still committed to complete his “insurrection.”
“As if trying to stage insurrection wasn’t enough, he is now inciting his supporters to an extreme clash,” party spokesman Jo Seoung-lae said in a statement.
Why and how does Yoon face arrest?
The charges against Yoon stem from .
Investigators allege that his failed effort to shutter parliament, which voted to overturn Yoon’s decree with support from the courts, amounted to “insurrection.”
Insurrection is one of comparatively few charges from which a South Korean president is not immune.
Yoon would become ‘s first still-sitting president to face arrest if the warrant is acted out. Attempts to detain him gathered pace .
Constitutional Court reviewing impeachment
Separately, Yoon has been impeached as a result of declaring martial law, with the Constitutional Court hearing that case.
If the court upholds Yoon’s impeachment and he is removed from office, presidential elections would follow within 60 days.
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok has taken over as acting president until the outcome of the trial, with Yoon suspended from presidential duties. The first acting president appointed, Han Duck-soo, was himself impeached last week.
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