After ruling legislators abstained from the vote, the president of South Korea is expected to survive impeachment.
Following the boycott of a vote against him by MPs from the ruling party on Saturday. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to survive impeachment.
Ahead of the vote to impeach President Yoon. For his decision to establish a brief period of martial law earlier this week. Several MPs deserted parliament in yet another high-stakes drama. The one returning governing lawmaker voted against the measure, leaving just two inside.
For the vote to be implemented, at least 200 parliamentarians must participate. Opposition MPs were heard yelling, “Go inside [the chamber]!” outside the main hall. and referring to them as “cowards.”
Although voting has begun. It will probably be deemed moot because the motion will not pass with the current number of votes.
The next time MPs can vote on Yoon’s impeachment is Wednesday, December 11, if, as anticipated, it fails.
Kim Sang-wook, the returning legislator, explained his situation to reporters at the National Assembly. Saying he thinks conservatism that “protects free Republic of Korea” should be maintained.
In line with his party’s stance. He voted against the impeachment motion even though he does not think President Yoon is fit to serve as president. He claimed to have listened to the president. Who expressed regret and promised to “entrust” the party with taking appropriate steps.
Kim remarked, “I want to trust what he said.”
In his first public remarks since his failed attempt to impose martial law plunged the nation. Into political turmoil and sparked calls for his impeachment. Yoon earlier on Saturday apologized to the country.
In a two-minute speech, Yoon stated. “This emergency martial law declaration was the result of my desperation as the ultimate responsible party for state affairs.”
Yoon said that he “caused fear and annoyance” to South Koreans, saying. “I am very sorry and genuinely apologize to the citizens who must have been greatly surprised.”
“I will not evade the legal and political obligations associated with this declaration of martial law,” Yoon declared.
In an unexpected broadcast speech late Tuesday night. Yoon proclaimed martial law and accused the main opposition party of “anti-state operations” and North Korean sympathies, sparking the commotion. He referenced a vote to remove top prosecutors and reject a government budget proposal made by the Democratic Party. Which holds a majority in parliament.
But after parliamentarians pushed past soldiers into parliament and unanimously overturned the edict. The leader was forced to resign within six hours.
Yoon stated that there will absolutely be no second effort at a constitutional amendment. In response to speculation on Saturday that martial law might be imposed once more.
“For the duration of my term, I will entrust my party with strategies to stabilize the political situation. As he left the podium and bowed, Yoon said, “I apologize to the citizens for the concerns I have caused.”
The country, which is still deeply scarred by the harshness of martial law enforced during decades of military dictatorship before it won a protracted, bloody battle for democracy in the 1980s, was shocked and incensed by the proclamation of a military emergency, even though it was only temporary.
In the days following, Yoon has been under increasing pressure from demonstrators and opposition leaders calling for his impeachment, and even inside his own party and the military, support is ebbing.
Even if he makes it through the vote Yoon’s future is still up in the air after his party leader declared his resignation to be “inevitable.”
The leader of Yoon’s own People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, told reporters Friday that it was “difficult for the president to carry on his customary duties.”
In a stunning flip of views, Han stated on Friday that Yoon must be promptly removed from duty in order to safeguard the nation from “severe danger.” This comes as the president is under increasing pressure to be removed from office before a parliamentary vote on his impeachment.
Han called for Yoon’s suspension on Friday after Yoon’s apologies coincided with fresh information about the arrest list the president created during the chaos.
Yoon allegedly instructed National Intelligence Service first deputy director Hong Jang-won over the phone shortly after martial law was imposed that he should use the time to “arrest and clean everything up.”
Yoon declared that he would “back it with cash, staff unconditionally” and grant the spy service the right to begin a counterintelligence investigation.
Lawmakers briefed on the phone discussion initially provided reporters with details, and Hong on Saturday assured CNN that the information was accurate.
Lawmakers previously cited Hong, who later learned about the list from Defense Counterintelligence Command (DCC) and called it “strange.”
Along with a number of other politicians, including Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Han was on the arrest list.
