Craving for more of that sweet, delicious impeachy flavor they tasted earlier this month when they stuck it to scumbag right wing President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, South Korean lawmakers on Friday stuck it to Prime Minister and current acting President Han Duck-soo who’s been filling in while Yoon is suspended during the impeachment proceedings, the AP reports.
Unlike Yoon’s predicament, Han’s was not voted on by the 2/3rds supermajority required to suspend him: the vote on Han was 192 to 0 as members of their party, stuck in a 100-ish minority, boycotted the vote, and it’s not clear if Han’s impeachment can be effected by 2/3rds of votes or seats. The boycott came after the opposition Democrats had lowered the threshold to a simple majority. None of this is set in law given that Han is the acting president, much less the constitution, so it’s probably going to be on the courts to sort out what the hell happened. Han responded saying as much, and will abide by the assembly’s vote and step back for now while awaiting a ruling.