Motion on opposition leader's arrest voted down

Motion on opposition leader's arrest voted down

Speaker Kim Jin-pyo (C, on the podium) declares the rejection of a motion on the prosecution's request for parliamentary consent to the arrest of Rep. Lee Jae-myung, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, on several corruption charges during a plenary session of the National Assembly in Seoul on Feb. 27, 2023. The motion was voted down with 138 opposing votes, 139 supporting votes, nine abstentions and 11 deemed invalid. (Yonhap)

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