Lawmakers focus on a invoice calling for a second spherical of the excellent particular counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial regulation and corruption allegations, together with different issues, throughout a plenary session on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap
The Nationwide Meeting, led by the ruling Democratic Celebration of Korea (DPK), handed a invoice Friday to launch a brand new particular counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial regulation imposition and its aftermath, in addition to allegations surrounding his spouse.
Lawmakers voted 172 for and two in opposition to, at a plenary session because the opposition’s filibuster to dam the invoice ended after reaching its 24-hour restrict.
The invoice for the second spherical of the excellent particular counsel probe would reopen investigations into alleged riot fees associated to Yoon’s failed martial regulation bid, together with corruption allegations tied to former first girl Kim Keon Hee and the 2023 dying of a Marine, protecting 17 allegations that weren’t absolutely addressed by the three earlier counsels.
The transfer is prone to deepen bipartisan tensions forward of the native elections in June, with the PPP denouncing the DPK’s push as politically motivated and the DPK calling for an finish to the aftermath of Yoon’s martial regulation.
PPP chief Jang Dong-hyeok launched a starvation strike shortly after Thursday’s plenary session started, demanding the DPK settle for opposition-backed particular probe payments on an alleged bribery scandal involving the Unification Church.
