Opposition parties have launched the fresh impeachment vote, with large demonstrations taking place ahead of the vote
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The fresh attempt faces the risk of failure after media reported that Yoon’s People Power Party had decided to maintain its official position to vote against the impeachment. Opposition parties had launched the fresh impeachment vote, with large demonstrations taking place ahead of the vote.Ahead of Saturday’s vote PPP lawmakers met and affirmed their stance to still oppose impeachment, but said party members were free to participate in the vote this time.Ahn Cheol-soo, a PPP lawmaker backing Yoon’s impeachment, said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he would vote for impeachment “for the sake of swift stabilization of people’s livelihood, economy and diplomacy”.
A Gallup Korea poll on Friday found two-thirds of supporters of Yoon’s party opposing the impeachment, though three-quarters of all respondents supported it.
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