When Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s suspended president, strode out of the Seoul Detention Centre on Saturday after 52 days behind bars, his supporters erupted in cheers.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) declared his release a vindication, while opposition lawmakers, in an overnight sit-in at the National Assembly, lambasted the move as a miscarriage of justice. But for all the noise, legal experts say the Constitutional Court’s expected ruling this week, which could permanently remove Yoon from office, is unlikely to be affected.