Opposition parties in South Korea have filed a motion before the country’s parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The motion to impeach Yeol followed a controversial martial law he imposed on South Korea but voted down by 190 lawmakers.
The office of the parliament speaker, Woo Won-shik, said that the president’s declaration of martial law was invalid following the lawmakers’ vote.
While the controversial martial law has been reversed, the parliament will by Saturday vote on whether to impeach Yeol.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party tabled the motion for impeachment before the parliament.
The party reportedly said that the move would reflect the will of the South Korean people.
“We can no longer allow democracy to collapse. The lives and safety of the people must be protected,” Kim Yong-jin, a member of the Democratic party’s central committee said.
Under South Korea’s constitution, impeachment requires a two-thirds majority in the 300-member parliament.
Earlier, South Korea’s largest labour group, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions vowed to go on indefinite strike until the president steps down.