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Assembly passes revised special counsel bill to probe Yoon's insurrection charges

Lawmakers vote in a plenary session at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Jan. 18. [YONHAP]

Lawmakers vote in a plenary session at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Jan. 18. [YONHAP]

The National Assembly passed a revised bill proposed by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on launching a special counsel probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.
 
The revised bill was approved in a 188-86 vote during a parliamentary plenary session Friday, with ruling People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers voting against it en masse. The opposition bloc currently dominates the 300-member parliament with 192 seats.
 

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The opposition-proposed bill excludes allegations that Yoon committed "treason" by attempting to deliberately provoke war with North Korea from the original proposed by the DP and five other parties.
 
The PPP has argued that the scope of the bill is excessive and decided to introduce its own bill that excludes such allegations.
 
The move came after DP floor leader Park Chan-dae and his PPP counterpart, Kweon Seong-dong, failed to reach a compromise in talks presided over by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik.
 
Park said the DP has decided to unilaterally table the revised bill, stressing the party has made "major compromises" on the scope of the special counsel probe bill.
 
After the bill's passage, PPP floor leader Kweon called on acting President Choi Sang-mok to immediately demand the parliament reconsider it.
 
Yonhap
 
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