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I'm reading their Parliament just voted to block it. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
According to the BBC the military are refusing to recognise parliament's decision
SK cool zone not on my bingo card
"Only democracy in the extreme-east" kind of moment
So how big a deal is this? Like obviously its not a great look but was this the expected outcome/direction? From my spot thousands of miles away this reads like "You have made your decision...now enforce it."
The power lies, as always, behind the barrel of a gun. If the military wants marital law it's martial law they get. So long as they back the President there's nothing the National Assembly can do.
Oh for sure, that isn't In question. We're all materialist here. My question (as I'm not super familiar with the state of South Korean politics) is: is the military ignoring a 190/0 vote and siding with the president an expected outcome here? Like is this a watershed moment or is it business as usual?
Ooohhhh I see, yeah in that regard I have no idea. I think it's business as usual over a longer timespan given how often the military sided with reactionary dictators.
But now Yoon says he'll call martial law off. It's going back and forth.
lmfao
If the military doesn't arrive at parliament within 15 minutes of the coup declaration, they legally have to let you vote it off
first time :vote:ing will have staved off a fascist dictatorship
Seems like military is dispersing, so
and straight to jail (hopefully)
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et?post=asset%3Acb5be5ba-c24f-462c-be58-5fa0b8de3dcc#post
A 190-0 vote to block it versus the support of the military (as of an hour ago).