South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol survived a vote of impeachment on Saturday after the vote was boycotted by governing party lawmakers.

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.”

  • Beryl@jlai.lu
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    20 days ago

    This is partisan politics at its finest. Every time you side with the people from your own party even though they’ve been obviously shitty, you erode what’s left of the electorate belief in the effectiveness of democracy. And that’s how you get fascism.