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Leader of Yoon’s party demands an explanation for martial law move

From CNN's Rob Picheta

The leader of Yoon Suk Yeol’s party has urged the South Korean president to explain his “tragic” decision to introduce martial law and called for the country’s defense minister to be fired.

“As the ruling party, we feel deeply sorry to the public,” People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon said in a statement to reporters early on Wednesday morning local time.

“The president must directly and thoroughly explain this tragic situation,” he added. “The minister of defense, who recommended this martial law, should be immediately dismissed, and all those responsible must be held strictly accountable.”

The People’s Power Party had immediately opposed the president’s move to introduce martial law, calling it unconstitutional.