This is the second motion within a week to be voted on in the National Assembly against President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, a measure that was withdrawn just hours later and has caused an internal crisis in the country.
The South Korean parliament approved the An impeachment motion has been filed against the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeolfor explaining the state of siegea measure that was withdrawn just hours later and which has caused an internal crisis in the country.
The voting ended with 204 votes in favor of removing Yoon, compared to 85 againstthree abstentions and eight zero votes, according to information from the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
It’s about the second motion put to the vote in the country’s National Assembly in a week. Last Saturday, the initiative failed to gain the necessary majority to move forward due to the rejection of Yoon’s party, the ruling People’s Power Party, which has 108 deputies.
Adopting the measure required the support of 200 of the 300 deputies that make up Parliament – in the presence of more than half of parliamentarians.
Source: EITB
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