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South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament has voted to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo.
The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote.
The main opposition party had vowed to impeach Han after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.
Han’s impeachment further deepened South Korea’s political tumult and worries by neighbouring countries caused by Yoon’s stunning December 3 martial law declaration and ensuing impeachment.
Han, the country’s No. 2 official, has taken over presidential powers and duties since Yoon’s impeachment. His impeachment would mean the finance minister was next in line.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which held a majority in parliament, slammed Han for vetoing several opposition-sponsored bills, including a controversial agriculture bill. It also urged Han to quickly appoint justices to vacant seats on the Constitutional Court, which is reviewing Yoon's impeachment and would determine whether to dismiss or reinstate him.
Korean prosecutors and other officials were separately probing whether Yoon committed rebellion and abuse of power, but he ignored requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning and allow searches of his office.
Yoon’s defence minister, police chief and several other senior military commanders have already been arrested over the deployment of troops and police officers to the National Assembly, which prompted a dramatic standoff that ended when lawmakers managed to enter the chamber and voted unanimously to overrule Yoon's decree.
