Jean Mackenzie
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
The Constitutional Court is now reviewing this case and it has six months to decide. So in the interim, the Prime Minister has taken over from the President. The President was immediately suspended from his duties on Saturday. But there is a lot of pressure on the court actually to decide more quickly than six months to end some of the political uncertainty that we have seen here.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And it is not just this impeachment ruling, of course. Mr. Yoon is also being investigated by police and by prosecutors for insurrection, for treason. His opponents arguing that he just had no right under the Constitution to impose martial law, to suspend parliament, to bring in the army as he did. Now, they summoned him to appear over the weekend for questioning, but he didn't show up.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
They have tried again to deliver summons to the presidential office and to his home, but they neither have been received. The police separately, they are asking him to come in for questioning on Wednesday. Now, if he continues not to show up, it is very likely that they might move to arrest him and bring him in for questioning that way. He is currently banned from leaving the country.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Also, police have been trying to search the presidential office for key pieces of evidence, but so far the presidential staff at the office have not given them access. Mr Yoon all along has been defiant throughout this. He's come out and defended his decision to impose martial law. And even after his impeachment on Saturday night, he came out and said he was going to fight this until the end.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And it seems that this is going to apply not just to these impeachment proceedings in the courts, but also to these investigations that are mounting against him.