{"id":2207426,"date":"2024-12-07T20:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2207426"},"modified":"2024-12-09T19:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:00:49","slug":"yoon-suk-yeols-fate-uncertain-as-impeachment-vote-fails-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/12\/yoon-suk-yeols-fate-uncertain-as-impeachment-vote-fails-to-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s fate uncertain as impeachment vote fails to move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces an uncertain future as the impeachment vote at the National Assembly on Saturday failed to move forward, following his martial law order earlier in the week he said was necessary to root out “anti-state” forces in the country.<\/p>\n
Most of 195 lawmakers present likely votes for impeachment, but this is five votes short of the 200 votes necessary to pass the motion. Most ruling People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers refused to participate in the vote, which appears to be the decisive factor in preventing the motion from passing.<\/p>\n
Of those present, all but one had gone on record endorsing the impeachment motion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Opposition lawmakers appeared to be slow-walking the vote in hopes that enough PPP lawmakers would return to the assembly hall and support the impeachment motion. Speaker Woo Won-shik announced the impeachment vote’s failure to pass at 9:20 p.m., calling it “regrettable.”<\/span><\/p>\n The DP had earlier pledged to reintroduce an impeachment motion in the next<\/span> special session if Saturday\u2019s impeachment failed.<\/span><\/p>\n Nearly all PPP lawmakers left the assembly hall after voting on a motion to initiate a special investigation into the first lady for alleged stock price manipulation, boycotting the impeachment motion that came after.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Only one, Ahn Cheol-soo, remained in the assembly hall. He was greeted with roaring applause when he moved to cast his vote. PPP lawmaker Kim Yea-ji, who returned to the assembly hall to vote after exiting with her party, was greeted similarly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Later at around 7 p.m. KST, another PPP lawmaker, Kim Sang-wook, also returned to vote as a massive crowd outside the assembly continued to protest, urging lawmakers to pass the impeachment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n