The ruling People Power Party (PPP) of South Korea has denounced the opposition-led impeachment of acting President Han Duck-soo as an attempt to bring down the government, saying that his impeachment should be nullified, Report informs via Yonhap.
The opposition-lead National Assembly voted Friday to impeach Han less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over his botched imposition of martial law on December 3.
Han was suspended from duties, with Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok assuming office as acting president.
The impeachment motion against Han was introduced by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) after he refused to appoint additional justices to the Constitutional Court that will adjudicate Yoon's impeachment trial.
"The impeachment of Han should be nullified as it did not meet what is required for an impeachment of an acting president as well as the quorum for approval," Rep. Seo Ji-young, a spokesperson at the PPP, said.
"We are strongly denouncing the DP's attempt to break down the government," she said.