The National Assembly passes a bill mandating a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed bid to impose martial law during a plenary session, Seoul, Dec. 10. Yonhap
The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday mandating a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed bid to impose martial law last week.
The bill, which calls for an investigation into Yoon, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su and other officials involved in the martial law declaration, passed the Assembly in a 210-63 vote with 14 abstentions.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik convenes a parliamentary plenary session, Seoul, Dec. 10. Yonhap
Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party also cast their vote as the party earlier decided not to choose whether to vote for or reject the bill as its party line.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Counterintelligence Commander Yeo In-hyung and former PPP floor leader Choo Kyung-ho were also included in a list of those subject to the investigation.
Unlike a regular special counsel probe, the president cannot exercise the right to veto a bill over a permanent special counsel, though he can delay the appointment of the counsel itself.
Tuesday marks the last day of the first regular session of the 22nd National Assembly. (Yonhap)
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