In the South Korean National Assembly, a vote was taken to approve the arrest of the representative of the largest opposition party, for whom an arrest warrant was requested for suspicion of breach of trust, and the approval vote did not reach the majority of the attending members and was rejected.
However, the number of votes in favor of the bill exceeded the number of votes against it by one, which is expected to affect the management of the opposition party in the future.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, was the mayor of Seongnam, a city adjacent to Seoul. On the 16th of this month, the prosecution requested an arrest warrant on suspicion of breach of trust.
Under the provisions of the Constitution, the consent of the National Assembly is required for the arrest of Representative Lee, who is a member of the National Assembly, and the arrest consent bill was voted on at the plenary session on the 27th.
At the plenary session, Lee denied the allegations and criticized the administration, saying, "The people in power are abusing their power for their own self-interest."
A majority vote of 149 votes from the 297 people present at the plenary session was required to pass the consent bill, and as a result of the vote, 139 votes in favor of the bill were rejected, short of the required number of votes.
On the other hand, the number of votes in favor was one more than the number of votes against.
The Democratic Party of Japan, which has a majority of 169 seats, has tried to tighten up the party to reject the consent bill, but the number of opposition votes is about 30 less than the number of lawmakers belonging to it.
The South Korean news agency, Yonhap News, reported that the vote was held anonymously, resulting in a considerable number of votes in favor, abstentions, and invalid votes from the Democratic Party of Japan. Operation is expected to be affected.