South Korea: Attempt to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol failed

The attempt to remove to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol failed after ruling party legislators abandoned the Parliament. The impeachment was voted on this Saturday. Meanwhile, thousands of people continue to call for his resignation.

The initiative presented by the opposition to disqualify Yoon, after having declared martial law last Tuesday- It was voted today by only 195 parliamentarians of the 300 that make up the chamber. This number was insufficient for the result to be valid.

For the motion to be approved, At least 200 votes in favor of the total of 300 seats were necessary. The votes cast indicate that Only three deputies from the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) participated in the initiative.

After the rejection of his dismissal, Yoon continues to govern

Yoon will remain in power despite the political and social outcry against him, after surprisingly declaring martial law. All the deputies of the People’s Power Party (PPP) He left after that first vote, which left a large part of the benches empty.

This motivated several calls from the opposition to those of the ruling party to participate in a vote that they described “of historical importance”. The extraordinary parliamentary session took place in a tense atmosphere, with repeated angry exchanges between the Democratic Party (PD) and the PPP.

While the parliamentary vote was taking place, some 149,000 people – according to police data – gathered in front of the Assembly to demand that Yoon resign from office or be dismissed. The failed martial law plunged the country into chaos, to the point of being forced to withdraw its decision by vote in the Assemblywhere the opposition has the majority.

South Korea: the president ordered the arrest of the leader of his own party

Yoon ordered the arrest of the leader of his own ruling party, Han Dong-hoon. The decision was made the same Tuesday, after declaring martial law, and The revelation came as the country’s political parties held emergency meetings throughout Friday.

The list of those arrested also included leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung and three opposition legislators. This was stated from the National Intelligence Service.