South Korea sets the electoral date after the removal of President Yoon from the Office | Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, said the president of the country’s acting on Tuesday, after the predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol has been accused e removed from the office on a disastrous declaration of martial law.

The government “is setting on June 3 as a date for the 21st presidential election of South Korea,” said Prime Minister Han Duck-Soco, adding that the day would be designated as a temporary public holiday to facilitate the vote.

Yoon has been removed by the Constitutional Court for violating its official duty by issuing the Decree of the martial law on December 3 and mobilize the troops in an attempt to stop parliamentary procedures.

The law requires a new presidential election within 60 days if the position becomes free.

South Korea has faced months of political turbulence since Yoon amazed the country by declaring martial law, triggering its impeachment by Parliament and the prime minister’s impeachment Han Duck-Soowho is also president of the actor.

Han’s impeachment was later overturned by the Constitutional Court And it will continue in the role of interim president to the elections.

The emptiness of power at the top of the government of South Korea has overshadowed Seoul’s efforts to cope with the administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump in a moment of spiral of US tariffs and slowing down the growth in the fourth economy of Asia.

Lee Jae -myung, populist leader of the liberal opposition Democratic Party that had lost to Yoon from a thin margin in 2022, is a clear front-runner but has to face its own legal challenges in different evidence for accusations, including the violation of the electoral law and corruption.

The Power People People People People of Yoon has a field of wide open candidates, led by the Minister of Labor Kim Moon-Soo, who announced his intention to run Tuesday.

According to a Gallup survey published on April 4, 34% of interviewees supported Lee as a subsequent leader, 9% supported the conservative Kim Moon-Soo, 5% of the former leader of the Han Dong-Hoon Power Party, 4% of the mayor of Daegu Hong Joon-Pyo and 2% of the mayor of Seoul Oh Se-Hoon.

With Reuters and Agence France-Presse