South Korea's parliament backs impeachment of president

South Korea's parliament on December 14 supported the impeachment of President Yun Seok-yol. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency.

"Let me announce the results of the vote. The motion to impeach President Yoon Seok-yol was supported by 204 votes, against 85, with three abstentions and eight invalid votes," South Korean Parliament Speaker Woo Won-sik announced.

The footage also shows people cheering and celebrating after the South Korean parliament made its decision.

According to Reuters, Yoon Seok-yol will lose his powers upon impeachment, but will remain in office until a constitutional court removes him or reinstates him. Prime Minister Han Dok-soo will serve as interim president.

The further procedure involves a vote by the country's constitutional court, with six of the nine-judges having to cast their vote in favor of removing the president from office. After the impeachment is confirmed, a new presidential election should be held within 60 days, the publication wrote.

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The situation in South Korea escalated in early December. Yun Seok-yol declared martial law in the country. The reason for such a step he called the threat of paralysis of power, arising from attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. Commander of the emergency regime, Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn-soo noted that until the lifting of martial law in the republic prohibited the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The opposition party of the republic, in turn, demanded the resignation of the head of state and said it intended to charge Yoon Seok-yeol with treason. At the same time, all heads and senior secretaries of the presidential administration of South Korea resigned. In addition, the labor unions of the republic announced a general strike.

Then, on December 11, the South Korean police searched the presidential administration and police departments. The searches were conducted by a special investigation team to investigate martial law-related activities. The next day, Yoon Seok-yeol said he had no intention of leaving office and would resist attempts to impeach him.

The next day, the first deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, Aleksey Zhuravlev, shared with Izvestiya an opinion that the probable cause of the political crisis in South Korea could be theUS discontent with President Yun Seok-yeol over his possible refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine.