The South Korean opposition needs to win a crucial eight votes to pass the presidential impeachment case

South Korea's ruling National Power Party decided on Thursday to oppose a motion to impeach President Yoon Seok-hyuk, according to Yonhap News Agency. Opposition parties need a two-thirds majority to pass the impeachment motion, which requires the support of eight ruling party lawmakers. If successfully submitted to the National Assembly, lawmakers could vote on the impeachment bill as early as Friday. If the impeachment case is passed and upheld by the Constitutional Court, Yoon Seok-hyuk will become the second South Korean president to be impeached since former President Park Geun-hye in 2017. At that time, large candlelight protests sparked by the "politics-meddling" scandal caused Park Geun-hye to be removed from power. If Yoon Seok-hyuk is suspended from exercising power due to the passage of the bill by the National Assembly, Han Duk-soo, the prime minister, will act as president. If the embattled president resigns or is removed from office, new elections will be held within 60 days.