The National Assembly of South Korea has voted to impeach current president Yoon Suk Yeol.
The second vote to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol was held starting at 4pm KST on December 14. A total of 300 members of the National Assembly were present for the vote. 204 members voted in favor of his impeachment, 85 members voted against, and three members abstained from voting. Eight votes were considered invalid and thus not counted.
With the Democratic Party controlling 192 seats in the National Assembly, this means at least 12 members of the ruling party, the same party as Yoon Suk Yeol, voted in favor of his impeachment.
Since Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment has been passed by the National Assembly, his presidential powers will immediately be suspended and now the Constitutional Court will need to decide whether his powers should be reinstated or if he should be removed from office.
