It is set to be a busy Friday with several events lined up.
Firstly, South Korea’s National Assembly is likely to vote on an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo. Meanwhile, the Grand Old Party will hold centenary celebrations of the Congress National Session of 1924 in Karnataka’s Belagavi.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to hold the first preparatory hearing on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment while PM Modi will lead e-distribution of 58 lakh SVAMITVA property cards. Day two of the fourth Test between Australia and India will take place in Melbourne.
Here is all that will take place today.
South Korea to vote on impeachment against acting president
Voting for the impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo is likely to take place today. This comes after the main opposition party introduced a bill for his impeachment on Thursday (December 26).
The opposition Democratic Party had threatened to impeach Han if he did not immediately appoint three justices to fill the vacancies at the Constitutional Court. Parliament backed three nominees but Han has yet to formally appoint them, reported news agency Reuters.
According to Reuters, the impeachment motion listed several actions by Han as grounds for impeachment, including his veto of a special prosecutor bill aimed at investigating alleged misconduct by the First Lady.
Centenary celebrations of the Congress National Session of 1924
Congress will hold celebrations in remembrance of the lone Congress session that Mahatma Gandhi presided over a century ago. Congress has named the event ‘Jai Bapu-Jai Bhim-Jai Samvidhan’ convention, said Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president DK Shivakumar.
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