section_path: Impeachment/Second motion
section_name: Second motion
paragraph_text: Second motion
  
  The DPK filed its second motion to impeach Yoon on 12 December, with the vote scheduled for 14 December 2024.
  
  Prior to the vote, seven PPP lawmakers expressed their intention to participate, including Ahn Cheol-soo, Kim Yea-ji and Kim Sang-wook, who participated in the previous voting, as well as Bae Hyun-jin, who had not expressed her intentions in the next vote. On 10 December, Kim Sang-wook, who voted against the impeachment motion, announced that he would support impeachment and apologized for his previous decision.
  
  Before the vote began on 14 December, Han Dong-hoon announced that while his party opposed impeachment, it would engage in the vote, encouraging lawmakers to vote " according to their conscience and beliefs rather than following partisan interests". Shortly after 16:00 KST, with six PPP members present, speaker Woo Won-shik announced the beginning of the vote, saying "I hope every one of you will participate in the vote". BBC News described the second vote as "a stark contrast from last weekend", citing the lack of a PPP boycott.
  
  Around 16:50 KST on 14 December, Woo announced that all 300 members had voted and vote counting had begun. As votes were counted, protesters sang " March for the Beloved ", an anthem commemorating those killed during the Gwangju Uprising, and " Into the New World " by Girls' Generation, which was also used during the impeachment of Park Geun-hye.
  
  The National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon, with 204 of 300 lawmakers supporting impeachment. Among those who voted in favor were 12 members of the PPP, exceeding the seven who had previously stated their intention to do so. Eighty-five lawmakers voted against impeachment, while three others abstained. Eight votes were classified as invalid. Shortly afterwards, Yoon's suspension from the presidency went into effect at 19:24 KST, after his office received a copy of the impeachment resolution.
  
  Following the passage of the second impeachment motion, Yoon addressed the nation, acknowledging his suspension while pledging to "do my best for the nation until the end". Five members of the PPP's Supreme Council resigned to take responsibility for its approval, prompting the formation of an emergency response committee system to lead the party in accordance with its regulations. On 16 December, PPP leader Han Dong-hoon also resigned, acknowledging that Yoon's impeachment was "painful" while stating that he did not regret supporting it. The DPK said that the motion's success was "a historic victory for democracy" and pledged to continue investigating Yoon for declaring martial law.
  
  With Yoon's suspension as president, his prime minister, Han Duck-soo became acting president. Amid Han being asked by police for questioning in its investigation of martial law, DPK leader Lee Jae-myung said that the party would not move to impeach Han for the time being to avoid "confusion in state affairs". Lee also called for the formation of a consultative body between the National Assembly and the government to stabilize state affairs. On 20 December, both the PPP and the DPK agreed to a proposal by Speaker Woo Won-shik creating a joint consultative body to discuss issues regarding national security and the economy.