South Korea’s National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday, December 14. The vote marks the third time a president has been impeached in the country’s constitutional history.
Out of 300 assembly members, 204 voted in favour of the motion, 85 voted against, three abstained, and eight votes were declared invalid. This outcome indicates that at least 12 votes in favour came from Yoon’s conservative ruling People Power party.
The vote was the second impeachment attempt since Yoon’s shock move to declare martial law for the first time in almost five decades on December 3. The declaration prompted thousands of people to gather at parliament in protest, while opposition lawmakers hurriedly pushed through a vote to remove the measure.
