Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law order
    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This is a revenge impeachment on the acting president who took over for Yoon after he was impeached.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        ?

        Nah, they (the members of legislature who voted to impeach the prime minister) said he, as acting president, refused to appoint supreme court justices (edit: correction: constitutional court justices) already approved by the legislature, so they impeached him.

        What is “revenge” about this? (Unless I missed something)

        Supreme court (edit: correction: Constitutional court) needs 2/3 for a quorum, total is 9 seats, they have 6 right now, so if anyone on the court dies, they might have issues trying to convict the president of impeachment.