Lee Jae-myung Arrest Consent Bill 'Passed'... 149 Votes in Favor, Minimum 29 Democratic Party Defections (Update)

Democratic Party Reports 29 Defected Votes Identified

The arrest motion against Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was passed in the National Assembly plenary session on the afternoon of the 21st.

The arrest motion is passed if a majority of the members present out of the total members attend, and a majority of those present vote in favor.

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In the plenary session that day, out of 298 total members, 295 participated in the vote on the arrest motion for Lee, with 149 votes in favor, 136 against, 4 invalid votes, and 6 abstentions, resulting in its passage.

Besides the 110 members of the People Power Party who had already expressed support for the motion (excluding Foreign Minister Park Jin), 6 members of the Justice Party, Assemblyman Jo Jeong-hoon of the Transition Korea Party, Assemblywoman Yang Hyang-ja of Korea's Hope, and independent members Ha Young-je and Hwang Bo-seung-hee, totaling 120 members, there appear to have been at least 29 dissenting votes from the Democratic Party and others.