South Korea's National Assembly lawmakers vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who serves as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment, in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2024. South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament voted Friday to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo who had served as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament voted Friday to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo who had served as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said in a televised plenary session that the motion to impeach Han was passed with 192 votes in favor in the 300-member unicameral parliament.
It was the first time in the country's modern history that an impeachment motion against an acting president is put to a vote and passed in the National Assembly. ■
South Korea's National Assembly lawmakers vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who serves as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment, in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2024. South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament voted Friday to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo who had served as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said in a televised plenary session that the motion to impeach Han was passed with 192 votes in favor in the 300-member unicameral parliament.
It was the first time in the country's modern history that an impeachment motion against an acting president is put to a vote and passed in the National Assembly. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
South Korea's National Assembly lawmakers vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who serves as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment, in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2024. South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament voted Friday to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo who had served as the acting president following President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said in a televised plenary session that the motion to impeach Han was passed with 192 votes in favor in the 300-member unicameral parliament.
It was the first time in the country's modern history that an impeachment motion against an acting president is put to a vote and passed in the National Assembly. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)