(14 Dec 2024)
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Seoul, South Korea – 14 December 2024
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Opponents of President Yoon Suk Yeol rallied in the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday ahead of a second impeachment vote.
Lawmakers are set to vote on an opposition-led impeachment motion against Yoon on Saturday, two days after he defended his controversial martial law decree and vowed to resist mounting calls for his ouster.
It’ll be the second time for the National Assembly to hold a vote on Yoon’s impeachment motion over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law introduction.
Last Saturday, Yoon survived an impeachment vote after most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a floor vote.
It’s not clear if those People Power Party lawmakers would do the same again.
Public protests against Yoon have since intensified and his approval rating has plummeted.
The country’s six opposition parties control the 300-member unicameral parliament with a combined 192 seats, but they are eight seats shy of the two-thirds majority needed to pass Yoon’s impeachment motion.
Tens of thousands of people have braved the bitter cold and poured onto the streets of the capital, Seoul, every night for the past two weeks, calling for Yoon’s ouster and arrest.
They shouted slogans, sang, danced and waved K-pop light sticks.
Smaller groups of Yoon’s conservative supporters — still in the thousands — have also been rallying in Seoul, denouncing attempts to impeach the president.
Both rallies have largely been peaceful.
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