The South Korean parliament on Saturday successfully voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and suspend him from his official duties over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law.
The motion was carried after some members of Yoon’s People Power Party joined the opposition parties, which control 192 seats in the 300-member national assembly, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for impeachment.
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The number of lawmakers supporting impeachment was 204, with 85 against, three abstentions and eight invalid ballots.
Although suspended, Yoon remains in office. Under the country’s constitution Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was appointed by Yoon, becomes acting president.
The Constitutional Court will decide whether to remove him sometime in the next six months.
