The attempt to impeach the president of South Korea failed: the opposition made a statement

The ruling party boycotted the impeachment vote.

The impeachment vote against South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol has failed. The procedure was disrupted because the ruling party left the hall before the vote, effectively boycotting it.

Reuters writes about it.

This meant that only 195 MPs voted, below the 200-vote threshold required for the vote to be considered valid.

The newspaper notes that when the deputies of the ruling party left the hall, members of the opposition shouted after them “Collaborationists!”

People who gathered at that time near the parliament building called for the dissolution of the ruling party, chanting “impeachment!”

Opposition Democratic Party leader Park Chan-dae said the opposition will initiate impeachment proceedings every Saturday until it succeeds.

The representative of the ruling “People's Power Party” Shin Dong-wook announced…