South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol survived a vote of impeachment on Saturday after the vote was boycotted by governing party lawmakers, CNN reported.
In another day of high drama, a number of lawmakers left parliament ahead of the vote to impeach President Yoon over his decision to impose a short-lived period of martial law earlier this week. Just two remained inside while the one governing lawmaker who returned voted against the motion.
Outside the main hall, opposition lawmakers could be heard shouting, “Go inside [the chamber]!” and calling them “cowards.”
Meanwhile, large crowds of protesters gathered outside the National Assembly, calling for the president’s ousting.
Yoon has been facing intense pressure to stand down as leader, after his shock bid to declare martial law in South Korea was aborted. The failed attempt -- which would have been for the first time in over four decades that the law was enacted – sparked fierce backlash.
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