Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea police raid presidential office over martial law attempt

The ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) representative Kim Jae-seop has showed support for Yoon’s impeachment, calling for the entire party to “support” this.

This makes him the sixth ruling party MP who have said they will cast their ballot when the next impeachment motion is put to a vote – likely on Saturday.

This comes after a mass walkout by PPP members last Saturday, leaving the National Assembly with too few members for the vote to count.

Kim said he did not vote last Saturday because he “thought the president needed time to sort things out” before resigning.

The opposition, which has 192 seats in parliament, needs at least 8 ruling party members to vote for impeachment in order for it to succeed.

PPP MPs Ahn Chol-soo, Kim Ye-ji and Kim Sang-wook were the only MPs who remained in the voting chamber last Saturday, and will presumably vote again this Saturday.

Kim Sang-wook, who voted against impeachment, said yesterday that he will support it in the next vote.

PPP reps Cho Kyoung-tae and Bae Hyun-jin have also said they are voting on Saturday, though it is unclear which way they will vote.