Yoon to continue getting paid $14,788 per month despite impeachment

Yoon To Continue Getting Paid $14,788 Per Month Despite Impeachment

President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the third session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 19, 2024. AFP-Yonhap

President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the third session of the G20 Leaders‘ Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 19, 2024. AFP-Yonhap

By Lee Hae-rin

President Yoon Suk Yeol will obtain an annual wage of roughly 262.5 million received ($178,071) this yr, a 3 % enhance from final yr, in line with the federal government on Sunday.

In line with the Ministry of Personnel Administration, the pay of Korean public officers will enhance by 3 % this yr from final yr, with the identical enhance making use of to the president’s wage.

Though Yoon is suspended from his duties, he’ll proceed receiving his wage whereas remaining in workplace as president.

Thus, Yoon, who has been off obligation since mid-December final yr, will see an annual wage enhance of about 7.5 million received in comparison with final yr’s determine of 254.9 million received.

This implies he will probably be paid 21.8 million received monthly earlier than taxes.

Equally, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, additionally suspended from obligation after the Nationwide Meeting impeached him, will obtain an annual wage of 235.5 million received.

Over the subsequent six months, Yoon will obtain about 130 million received whereas present process the impeachment trial course of on the Constitutional Court docket, regardless of not performing any presidential duties.

Article 38 of the Constitutional Court docket Act stipulates {that a} ruling be made inside 180 days of receiving the case, although this isn’t a legally binding deadline.

The Nationwide Meeting impeached Yoon on Dec. 14, suspending Yoon’s govt authorities, following his short-lived martial legislation on Dec. 3.

Though some argue that paying a wage to the impeached president and prime minister violates the „no work, no pay“ precept, the problem stays legally unclear, as there is no such thing as a regulation addressing the cost of salaries to impeached public officers.

„There should be a authorized foundation to restrict the cost of remuneration,“ an official from the ministry’s human assets division mentioned. „There may be at present no foundation for restrictions, and impeachment is stipulated within the Structure, so the wage is paid as it’s.“

In response, Rep. Park Yong-kab of the Democratic Social gathering of Korea (DPK) proposed a revision to the State Public Officers Act final month to scale back wage for impeached public officers.

DPK Rep. Yoon Joon-byeong additionally proposed an modification to chop the remuneration of impeached public officers by as much as 50 %.

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