The Constitutional Court of South Korea has sentenced Yoon Suk Yeol, who served as the President of the country, to life imprisonment.

Mukinyarwanda 

Urukiko rukuru rwo muri Koreya y’Epfo rwakatiye Yoon Suk Yeol, wabaye Perezida w’iki gihugu, igihano cyo gufungwa burundu, nyuma yo kumuhamya ibyaha byo gukoresha nabi ububasha bwe no gutegura imvururu zabaye mu Ukuboza 2024 ashaka gushyiraho itegeko ry’uko igihugu kiri mu bihe by’intambara. 

Yoon Suk Yeol yashinjwe no gushaka gukoresha abasirikare ngo bajye mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko gusohoramo abatavuga rumwe na we bajye kubafunga, ndetse yohereza ingabo na polisi kujya gucunga no kubuza abo mu mashyaka atavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi bwe kwinjira mu nyubako zabo 

Ubushinjacyaha bwasabaga ko urukiko ruhanisha Yoon Suk Yeol igihano cy’urupfu, ariko urukiko rwamuhitiyemo igihano cyo gufungwa burundu. Amategeko ya Koreya y’Epfo avuga ko kuba mu bacurabwenge bategura imvururu bihanishwa igihano cy’urupfu cyangwa igifungo cya burundu

Yoon Suk Yeol yagiye ku butegetsi mu 2022, abukurwaho mu 2025, nyuma yo gutangaza ko igihugu kiri mu bihe by’intambara, kubera ibikorwa “birwanya leta” yavugaga ko bikorwa n’abatavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi bari mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko. Icyemezo cye nticyarengeje amasaha atandatu, inteko Ishinga Amategeko iragihagarika ndetse hahita hatangira inzira zo kumweguza 

Urukiko rurinda itegeko nshinga rwategetse ko ava ku butegetsi muri Mata 2025. Yoon Suk Yeol yari afunzwe kuva mu 2025, nyuma yo kugaragazwa n’inyangamugayo mu byaha byinshi

In English

The Constitutional Court of South Korea has sentenced Yoon Suk Yeol, who served as the President of the country, to life imprisonment.

Yoon Suk Yeol was accused of trying to use soldiers to enter the Parliament to remove his opponents and imprison them, and even sent soldiers and police to guard and prevent members of his opposition parties from entering their buildings.

The prosecution had asked the court to sentence Yoon Suk Yeol to death. As the verdict was read out at the Seoul Metropolitan Court, a large police force and several police cars formed a wall.

In January 2026, the prosecution said that Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to enact a law declaring the country in a state of war, in violation of the law and the constitution, undermined the functioning of the National Assembly and the Election Commission.

South Korean law states that being among the intellectuals who organize riots is punishable by death or life imprisonment.

The last death penalty was imposed in this country in 2016, but it has not been carried out since 1997.

Yoon Suk Yeol came to power in 2022 and was removed from power in 2025. On December 3, 2024, the former head of state declared the country in a state of war, due to "anti-government" activities he claimed were being carried out by opposition members of Parliament.

His decision was not made for more than six hours, and the parliament suspended it and immediately began impeachment proceedings. The Constitutional Court ordered that he leave office in April 2025.

Katika Kiswahili 

Yoon Suk Yeol alishitakiwa kwa kujaribu kutumia wanajeshi kuingia bungeni ili kuondoa wapinzani wake na kuwafunga gerezani, na hata alituma wanajeshi na polisi kulinda na kuzuia wapinzani wake wa vyama kuingia kwenye majengo yao. 

Akiwa na malalamiko dhidi yake, mashtaka yalidai mahakama kumhukumu Yoon Suk Yeol adhabu ya kifo. Wakati hukumu ilipotolewa katika Mahakama ya Jiji la Seoul, nguvu kubwa ya polisi na magari kadhaa ya polisi yalijenga ukuta. 

Mnamo Januari 2026, mashtaka yalieleza kwamba jaribio la Yoon Suk Yeol kutunga sheria inayotangaza nchi kuwa katika hali ya vita, kinyume na sheria na katiba, kulidhuru utendaji wa Bunge na Tume ya Uchaguzi.

Sheria ya Korea Kusini inasema kwamba kuwa miongoni mwa wasomi wanaoandaa ghasia ni kinyume cha sheria na linahukumiwa kwa adhabu ya kifo au kifungo cha maisha. Adhabu ya kifo ilitolewa kwa mara ya mwisho nchini hapa mwaka 2016, lakini haijatekelezwa tangu mwaka 1997.

Yoon Suk Yeol aliingia madarakani mwaka 2022 na aliondolewa madarakani mwaka 2025. Tarehe 3 Desemba 2024, rais wa zamani alitangaza nchi kuwa katika hali ya vita, kutokana na "shughuli za kupinga serikali" alizodai zinafanywa na wanachama wa upinzani wa Bunge. Uamuzi wake haukutekelezwa kwa zaidi ya masaa sita, na bunge lilisitisha uamuzi huo na kuanza mchakato wa kumtimua. Mahakama ya Katiba iliamuru aondoke madarakani mwezi Aprili 2025.