South Korean Parliament impeaches Yoon in second motion for declaring martial law

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South Korean Parliament impeaches Yoon in second motion for declaring martial law

The South Korean Parliament has ended Yoon Suk-yeol’s era. The president has been dismissed in the second motion of censure that has been voted in the national Chamber after his decision to declare martial law.

The 300 deputies of the National Assembly (Parliament) participated in the process, with a result of 204 votes in favor of the motion presented by the opposition to dismiss Yoon, 85 against, three abstentions and eight invalid ballots.

To approve the motion, at least 200 votes in favor were necessary to achieve a two-thirds majority in the chamber and, although the vote is secret, and at least 12 deputies from the conservative and ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) have had to support the dismissal, since the opposition parties have a total of 192 seats.

The uncertainty surrounding the result remained until the end, with the PPP holding a closed-door meeting for hours to establish an official position and the meeting concluding minutes before the start of the vote with the announcement that the party would not officially support the motion.

It is clear after knowing the scrutiny that not all seats in the party – seven had already publicly said that they would vote in favor of ousting Yoon – have voted in accordance with that official position.

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After the count, Yoon has been immediately disqualified and the Prime Minister, Han Duck-soo, now assumes the interim head of State and Government – pending the Constitutional Court’s determination within a maximum period of 180 days whether the President whether or not he violated Magna Carta when he declared martial law on December 3.

If the Constitutional Court determines that this was the case, Yoon would be the second sitting president to be disqualified from democracy in South Korea after fellow conservative Park Geun-hye was removed from power and imprisoned in 2017 for a complex corruption plot.

The liberal Roh Moo-hyun was also dismissed by Parliament in 2004 for an alleged violation of electoral law, although South Korea’s highest judicial body ruled two months in favor of reinstating him as president.

Outside the National Assembly in Seoul, thousands of people gathered to demand Yoon’s dismissal have shown their joy upon learning the result of the vote.

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