Dramatic walkout by members of Yoon Suk Yeol’s party leads assembly speaker to declare vote invalid• South Korea crisis – latest updatesA motion to impeach the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, over his ill-fated declaration of martial law this week has failed after members of his party boycotted the vote.The walkout on Saturday meant the national assembly did not have the 200 votes needed to begin the process of forcing out the embattled Yoon. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/motion-impeach-south-korean-president-fails-after-vote-boycott-yoon-suk-yeol
Author : Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Raphael Rashid in Seoul
Publish date : 2024-12-07 13:15:20
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Motion to impeach South Korean president fails after vote boycott
