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S’KOREA: Lawmakers start voting on president’s impeachment

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South Korean lawmakers started voting Saturday on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, even after most ruling party MPs boycotted, a live TV feed showed.

Lawmakers began casting their secret ballots in the chamber, the TV feed showed, but it remained unclear whether enough ruling People Power Party lawmakers who walked out would join the opposition to meet the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure.
AFP

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