South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has vowed to “by no means surrender” after the opposition-led parliament succeeded in a second try to impeach him over his temporary declaration of martial regulation earlier this month, placing at the least a short lived pause on the political chaos enveloping Asia’s fourth-largest economic system.
All 300 lawmakers from the nation’s National Assembly participated in Saturday’s vote, with 204 supporting the removing of the president for committing “insurrectionary acts” and “abandoning the responsibility to guard the structure.” A complete of 85 voted towards the movement, whereas three abstained and eight ballots had been deemed invalid.
The impeachment vote was the second try after a bid that failed per week in the past following a boycott of the vote by Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP). The social gathering determined shortly earlier than the proceedings that it will participate within the vote, however with out altering its stance of opposing impeachment.
