Ruling party crumbles after passage of motion to impeach president

The ruling party's leadership that failed to properly deal with the martial law fiasco and the opposition party’s impeachment attacks should resign en masse,

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo wrote on his Facebook

Han cannot avoid criticism from both centrist voters and conservatives for flip-flopping. His grip on power seems to have weakened given that only 12 PPP lawmakers voted in favor of the motion. If he leaves the party, he will lose ground as a politician without the premium of being a party leader,

Eom Kyeong-young, director of the Zeitgeist Institute, a private political think tank, said

Today, we must think about the Republic of Korea and its people,

Han told reporters ahead of the impeachment vote on Saturday morning

To restore the well-being of the people, both the ruling and opposition parties must avoid extreme confrontation. The opposition should refrain from paralyzing state affairs by misusing the impeachment process,

he added

Stay safe and take care of your health!”

she said on a superfan chat platform

Lee Jae-myungopposition leader

History will remember and record your choice,

Lee said

There is a stark difference in stance between those who approve and those who disapprove,

Cho said

Yoon had no choice but to declare martial law. I approve of every decision he has made as president,

a pro-Yoon demonstrator told AFP

If Yoon isn't impeached today, I'll return next week,

one protester told AFP

Refusing impeachment is treason against the people,

the party said in a statement, asking more from the ruling party to join the impeachment

His speech had an impact on the election of the floor leader. Also, it sounds like he urged those who blindly follow the president among conservatives to take action,

PPP lawmaker Kim Sang-wook told reporters

And the impeachment just shouldn't happen... So (the martial law declaration) was merely an expression of the authority of the president,

said Kim