Assembly speaker says only 151 votes needed to impeach acting President Han

▲ An impeachment motion against acting President Han Duck-soo is presented to a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2024. (Yonhap)

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Assembly speaker says only 151 votes needed to impeach acting President Han

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A motion to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo can pass with a simple majority of 151 votes, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said Friday.

Woo announced the decision immediately before a vote on Han's impeachment, rejecting the ruling People Power Party's argument that the case should be treated as a presidential impeachment requiring a two-thirds majority of 200 votes.

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