Golden Finance reported that South Korea’s ruling National Power Party decided on Thursday to oppose the motion to impeach President Yoon Seok-yue, according to Yonhap News Agency. The opposition party needs the support of a two-thirds majority to pass the impeachment motion, which means it must win the support of eight ruling party lawmakers. If successfully submitted to Congress, lawmakers could vote on the impeachment bill as early as Friday. If the impeachment case is passed and supported by the Constitutional Court, Yoon Seok-yue will become the second South Korean president to be impeached since former President Park Geun-hye in 2017. At that time, a large-scale candlelight protest march triggered by the scandal of cronies' "political interference" led to Park Geun-hye's ouster. If Yoon Seok-yue is suspended from exercising power due to the passing of the bill by the National Assembly, Prime Minister Han Deok-soo will act as president. If the embattled president resigns or is removed from office, new elections will be held within 60 days.