A previous vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol failed when it was boycotted by lawmakers from his party, but several have now supported his removal.

Summary

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the National Assembly for his unconstitutional declaration of martial law.

The vote, which required a two-thirds majority, saw support from both the opposition and members of Yoon’s governing party.

Yoon, suspended from state duties, faces investigation and potential rebellion charges, while the country grapples with political turmoil and North Korean propaganda.

  • oakey66@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wow so nice to see the government functioning properly in response to attempted tyranny. Must be nice.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The US Congress impeached Trump in 2019, and again in 2021. Where we failed is conviction.

      Hopefully South Korea has better success with step two.

      • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        The Impeachment process isn’t identical between the two. US congress has a lower bar for impeachment but requires a 2/3rd vote in the senate to convict which is where those both failed.

        In South Korea they have a 2/3rd threshold to impeach and then it goes to a constitutional court to uphold or not uphold it. The prime minister becomes acting president right after impeachment while the constitutional court reviews it

        There’s recent precident of the constitutional court upholding an impeachment unanimously in south korea in 2017

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye