South Korean opposition lawmakers will hold a vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after the president declared martial law on Tuesday, citing 'anti-state' activities by his opponents.
South Korean opposition lawmakers said Thursday they will vote this weekend to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is under police investigation after his short-lived martial law declaration. Yoon accused his opposition of 'anti-state' activities when he declared martial law on Tuesday in an attempt to ban political activity and assume state control of the media.
The Yoon Suk Yeol regime's declaration of emergency martial law caused great confusion and fear among our people,' Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Seung-won told the National Assembly earlier, according to Reuters. Impeaching the president would require the approval of two-thirds of the parliament's 300 members, or 200 votes. The Democratic Party and other small opposition parties together make up 192 seats.
With his political future uncertain, Yoon accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on Thursday. Kim had suggested the president declare martial law since his domestic agenda had been thwarted in the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Kim is now under investigation by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office on potential charges of treason, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. The former defense official is banned from traveling.
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