Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and some members of the State Council are said to have expressed their opposition to Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law.
According to political circles and government officials on the 4th, President Yoon presided over a cabinet meeting and deliberated on the declaration of martial law the night before, and many of the members of the State Council who attended the meeting reportedly gathered at the presidential office in Yongsan without knowing that they were deliberating on martial law.
At the scene, Prime Minister Han and some members of the State Council opposed martial law, but as President Yoon pushed for it, emergency martial law was declared for the first time in 45 years since 1979.
In particular, it is speculated that the Cabinet meeting to deliberate on the declaration of martial law would have been held with the quorum of decisions freshly filled, focusing on the essential "small number of elite members."
Above all, security is important in declaring martial law, so it is likely that the number of participants in the meeting has been reduced to a minimum.
Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Public Administration and Security Minister Lee Sang-min, who can propose declaring martial law, are said to have attended the martial law declaration deliberation meeting, while Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol, Unification Minister Kim Young-ho, and Health and Welfare Minister Cho Kyu-hong are also said to have attended the meeting.
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