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Han’s impeachment means the president will lose his duties and powers until the Constitutional Court decides his future. The acting president could be dismissed or replaced.
Lawmakers with the ruling People’s Power Party boycotted the vote and called on National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik to call the vote “invalid” and demand his resignation. no force or injuries were reported.
Legislators from the People’s Power Party protested after Woo demanded a vote on Han’s impeachment motion after he requested his passage only with a simple majority, not a two-thirds majority.
The National Assembly can impeach most South Korean officials with a simple majority vote, but two-thirds of the assembly must agree to impeach the president.
But there are no specific laws regarding the impeachment of the acting president.
The Korean won has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since the 2008 global financial crisis.
South Korea’s opposition ruling National Assembly has decided to impeach the country’s acting leader Han Duck-soo.
The Assembly approved the motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. The ruling party boycotted the legislators’ vote.
Han, the official no. 2 in South Korea, the commander’s guard after . it was The president was called Yoon Suk Yeol the imposition of martial law by the church over a short period of time this month.
Han’s attack further deepens South Korea’s political crisis and damages its international image.
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok is appointed to replace acting president Han.
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