South Korea’s largest opposition party, the People’s Party, plans to once again submit an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday (December 12) and hold a parliamentary vote on Saturday (December 14).
The People’s Party parliamentary spokesperson Kang Yu-jung stated that they will continue to push forward the impeachment case against the president with the approach of “submission on Thursday, vote on Saturday”. They plan to submit the impeachment motion to the parliament this Thursday (December 12) and hold a vote during the full assembly meeting on Saturday (December 14).
Kang Yu-jung pointed out that the People’s Party also plans to impeach Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and Police Chief Cho Ji-ho at the parliamentary full assembly meeting on Tuesday (December 10) regarding the “state of emergency on December 3”, with a vote scheduled for Thursday.
He further mentioned that the People’s Party will introduce two bills today (December 9): one to investigate the truth behind President Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of a state of emergency titled the “Internal Disturbance Investigation Act” and another to investigate First Lady Kim Geon-hee titled the “Kim Geon-hee Investigation Act”. If the party can quickly advance the deliberation of these two bills, they are expected to be voted on during the full assembly meeting on December 12.
The People’s Party’s bill regarding the state of emergency incident involving President Yoon Suk-yeol, titled the “Establishment of a Permanent Independent Investigation Committee to Clarify the Truth behind the State of Emergency-induced Internal Disturbance Act”, differs from regular independent investigation laws as the president cannot veto it.
Last Saturday, the South Korean parliament held a full assembly meeting on the Yoon Suk-yeol impeachment case and the “Kim Geon-hee Investigation Act”. The “Kim Geon-hee Investigation Act” was rejected by a margin of two votes and did not meet the threshold, marking the third time the bill has been rejected in parliament. Subsequently, almost all members of the ruling party, the People Power Party, left the assembly in protest against the impeachment case.
According to reports, the “Kim Geon-hee Investigation Act” calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate two key allegations involving the First Lady: one related to alleged involvement in stock price manipulation and the other concerning power intervention in election nominations.