SEOUL, Sept 21 — South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament in a surprise move today voted to allow prosecutors to serve an arrest warrant against the main opposition...
SEOUL, Sept 21 — South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament in a surprise move today voted to allow prosecutors to serve an arrest warrant against the main opposition leader who is facing an investigation into bribery and breach of duty charges.
The motion was accepted by a margin of 149 to 136, with six abstained votes and four invalid in a secret ballot with 295 votes cast. It is the first time such a motion has passed against a prime minister in South Korea though it is not binding, however, and President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to exercise his power to reject it.
Members of parliament have immunity against arrest when the assembly is in session unless its members vote to rescind it with a simple majority. Lee's Democratic Party holds 167 seats in the 297-member parliament.
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