Opposition parties in South Korea are moving to put forward a draft law to impeach President Yoon Suk-yul to a vote in the National Assembly (Parliament) next Saturday, after his failed attempt to impose martial law in the country, while the president accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Jong-hyun.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said Thursday that the Democratic Party, the largest opposition party, "requests a vote Saturday on the motion to impeach Yoon."

The main opposition Democratic Party and other small opposition parties submitted a joint proposal to impeach the president yesterday, Wednesday, because he declared martial law the night before. Martial law lasted for about 6 hours, as Parliament quickly voted to cancel the president's decision, forcing his cabinet to lift it before dawn on Wednesday.

After the proposal is submitted, an impeachment vote must be held within 24 to 72 hours.

Opposition parties need a two-thirds majority to approve the draft law. If it is approved, the Constitutional Court will have to issue a decision either to support or not to support the draft law in a process that could take about 180 days.

The opposition Democratic Party, which has a majority in Parliament, needs the votes of at least 8 representatives from the ruling People Power Party to support the draft law in order for it to be passed.

Democratic Party representative Kim Sung-won said, in a parliamentary session held in the early hours of Thursday morning, local time, that President Yoon Suk-yul's declaration of martial law in a state of emergency had caused great confusion and fear among the people.

The leader of the ruling party, Han Dong-hoon, pledged on Thursday to confront the opposition’s attempt to impeach the president, and said, addressing members of his party during a meeting whose proceedings were broadcast live, “We will strive to prevent the adoption of this impeachment proposal.”

The ruling party opposes..
For his part, the head of the ruling party’s parliamentary bloc, Cho Kyung-ho, announced Thursday that all members of the bloc will vote against the draft law proposed by the opposition with the intention of removing the president.

Cho Kyung-ho said during a party meeting, the proceedings of which were broadcast live on air, that “all 108 representatives of the People Power Party will remain united to reject the impeachment of the president,” noting that the opposition needs the votes of 8 representatives from the ruling party to vote with them to pass a draft law. Insulation.

If Parliament approves the presidential impeachment bill and is upheld by the Constitutional Court, Yoon will become the second South Korean president to be subjected to these measures since massive candlelight vigils against an influence-peddling scandal that led to the dismissal of former President Park Geun-hye in 2017.
Yon's declaration of martial law late on Tuesday was an attempt to ban political activity and impose censorship on the media in Korea

Southern. This shocking move divided Yoon's ministers and unleashed six hours of political chaos.
On Wednesday evening, opposition supporters organized a candlelight vigil in downtown Seoul to demand Yoon's resignation.

Accepting resignation..
This comes as the presidential office in Seoul announced in a statement Thursday that Defense Minister Kim Young-hyun submitted his resignation to President Yoon Suk-yul, who accepted it and appointed the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk. Instead, in a move that comes the day after the president imposed martial law in the country for a few hours before Parliament forced him to lift it.

Yoon's office confirmed the nomination of Choi, a former army general, for the position.