National Assembly

A monitoring organisation said around 55,000 people had gathered in front of the National Assembly.

But in their testimonies to the court and prosecutors, many of the military and government officials once under Yoon’s command contradicted his version of events, recalling orders to arrest Yoon’s political opponents — and to prevent the National Assembly from exercising its constitutionally guaranteed right to lift martial law with a vote, as it did hours after the president’s declaration.

Gen. Kwak Jong-keun, also testified that Yoon told him to remove lawmakers from the National Assembly before they could vote to overturn the martial law declaration.

Ha pointed to the fact that the constitution allows lawmakers to hold Cabinet positions without giving up their seat in the National Assembly — one of several features that he argues undermines the legislature’s checks on executive power.

Three members of the country's national assembly who opposed President Chaves's decree to exclude Chinese companies from participating in the development of 5G have also had theirs cancelled.