Opposition parties in South Korea have begun voting to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and was forced to reverse his decision after a backlash. While the ruling party boycotted the vote, thousands of citizens gathered in front of the Parliament to protest Yoon.
The voting process has begun for the motion submitted by opposition parties in South Korea to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office due to the martial law decision he made on the night of December 3.
According to South Korean Yonhap, voting on Yoon’s removal has begun in the National Assembly.
Before the vote, after the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) MPs boycotted the vote and left the hall, the opposition party representatives invited the PPP MPs to participate in the vote by counting their names one by one.
Thousands of people gathered near the parliament and began protesting.
For the motion to dismiss Yoon to be approved, 200 lawmakers, which constitute two-thirds of the total number of members of parliament, need to vote in favor.
The opposition bloc, which holds 192 of the 300 seats in the National Assembly, needs the support of at least eight MPs from the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) to secure a qualified majority.
