200 votes are needed for the impeachment motion to pass. Before the vote took place, Reuters today quoted information from the Korean press saying that the PPP had decided to maintain its official stance of voting against the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, but would not remove it. boycott the impeachment vote.
People participate in a protest calling for the overthrow of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on a street near the National Assembly headquarters in Seoul on December 14.
The first attempt to impeach Mr. Yoon last December 7 failed after nearly all lawmakers from Mr. Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) boycotted the vote.
According to Yonhap, the new petition has made amendments compared to the first petition, which erased some of the accusations against Mr. Yoon but added a number of other accusations, including accusations that the president ordered Mr. The army and police arrested lawmakers while martial law was in effect.
After the impeachment motion is passed, Mr. Yoon will be suspended from his position and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will assume the role of interim president, according to AFP. After that, the Korean Constitutional Court will have 180 days to make a decision on Mr. Yoon’s future.
All 300 South Korean lawmakers participated in the vote. Of these, 204 people voted to impeach the president for sedition, while 85 voted against, 3 abstained, and 8 votes were invalidated, according to AFP.
The Korean opposition said the passing of the impeachment petition against Mr. Yoon was “‘a victory for the people”.
A Seoul police officer earlier told AFP that at least 200,000 people had gathered outside the parliament building to support the removal of the president.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Seoul near Gwanghwamun Square, police estimated 30,000 people gathered to support Mr. Yoon.
Mr. Yoon shocked South Korea late on December 3 when he gave the military comprehensive emergency powers to eliminate what he called “anti-state forces”.
He later apologized to the nation but also defended his decision and resisted calls to resign before the vote.
