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South Korea: people flooded the streets and rushed to Parliament and broke through the blockade. This allowed the National Assembly to block the Martial Law 190 to 0 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It must be nice to have a government that isn't completely fucked up

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Notably, the conservative party did not show up for that vote. Today though, they voted against impeachment and struck it down. So yeah, they are fucked

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Actually, they again didn't show up for the impeachment vote. Because impeachment requires a 2/3 supermajority, which is 200 seats, to pass. And the votes are anonymous. So if they did show up, a few of their Members might have anonymously voted in support of impeachment and caused it to pass. So party leaders instructed all their Members to abstain by leaving the building.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it is kind of fucked up. That's why... You know... The riots

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Notice how I said completely