was always, i'm afraid, i'll never see him again. no. when. oh you lost under the stops december 18th on dw, the this is dw news live from berlin. south korea's parliament fails to impeach the president. lawmakers are unable to remove, present you and sexual from this office over his attempt to impose marshall, long after members of this tardy walk out of the park. also coming up, syrian rebels reached the suburbs of the capital, damascus, according to witnesses. his follows are rapid advance from those north and south with lashara low sauce government forces struggling to hold the progress of the rebels. the

a marietta evans deem thanks for joining me. an attempt to em page south korea's president. you also appeal has failed after lawmakers from his own party boy called at the vote. the opposition coalition had filed the impeachment order in response to the president's attempt to impose martial law on tuesday. the cheering and noisy session in south korea's national assembly marked by protests, the efforts to impeach president to use so keel, so declaring martial little fella pots that would to few lawmakers in parliament to approve the measure of the members from humans own ruling people. power paul t staged a walkout president use gamble and

apologizing publicly, but refusing to leave office, paid off. that was when was it? okay, so i know i'm very sorry and would like to sincerely apologize to the people who were shocked to regarding the declaration of martial law. even kelloms, i will not avoid any legal or political responsibility check in with jitter. hope ya? gee, i'm guessing me. j. yeah, kill them. well, they will never be a 2nd declaration of marcia low. i leave it up to my policy to take steps to stabilize the political situation in future, including the issue of my time and office. what do you tell me that you'd be my guess? leaving his face and his policies hands suggests he has no plans to bow out, potentially closing days of chaos. the military rule last to just

hours until lawmakers from the opposition policy broke through the lines of sol, just surrounding the parliament. and the 10 viewed the president use actions have divided south koreans. the more on your own hasn't done anything wrong. has he? what does he done wrong? i mean, if there's something wrong, let's talk about it because i want to know, i strongly support president new and so keel took the to jeremy the how go who you labels those who disagree with him as pro north korea and says even gone so far as to declare martial know, causing wide spreading society among the public. at this point, i just want him to step down voluntarily. protests cooling for the president to go have been going on day nights. but for now president eunice

clinging to power backs by his policy. we can now speak to double use east asia. correspondence with james trader who joins us from the south korean capital solar. get to see james. so just how much of a surprise was today's failed impeachment vote? i think not necessarily a surprise that it didn't go through, but the manner in which this will transpired certainly was shocking, no towards any one was expecting over the course of the day, the parliamentarians were essentially ready to take this votes. actually, there was another votes that the little maid, because we're focusing on uh, immediately before the impeachment proceedings were about to stop. then moments before it was about to begin the soul of this mass. exodus of new me. cuz from using the leaving the chamber and refusing to go back there, only a handful of those will make is that state in the chain the to carry on that

because the core him wasn't reached for the votes on the proceedings, had to be stalled. again, this was a really important thing because that's when pj of south cream present needs get a 2 thirds majority of a 300 men, the parliament opposition parties have about 192 seats. so you needed to see at least a members of used own costs of breaking brands and go through in patients with us to go through. because other than some feed us, the building unit has amazing power as well. prior to the votes, there were indications that even members of the president's party did believe he should step down. so why this sudden you turn yeah, i think it has been kind of conflicting um, sentiments coming out of the routing policy cuz we sold a leader of humans. um talked to come out saying that he believed that you should be suspended from office. um, but what some of the ruling proxy members are saying is that although he keeps

should be kind of taken away from having administrative power, but he shouldn't be completely removed from office. and now some people are reading between the lines with this sort of thing. and so jeff sting that the ring policy is more concerned about their electoral prospect. of course, if the south korean president is in peach and it successfully goes through the constitutional course, a new election for the presidency has to be held within 60 days. and i think that would be some concerns within the ruling policy about that prospect. some of the election it was supposed to take place, but there were really big questions now about who exactly is in control in south career and south reading government. we so you some children that address earlier on this morning saying that he was handling over, in some sense, administered the pallets of the government and his own policy in, in and then so i think the restroom people are asking is, who was and who was in charge now in south korea, and i think that's something that the position will make has, will be really looking to put to the south green people,

but also the parliament. and we've already seen those opposition party saying that they're looking to go ahead with new impeachment proceedings, possibly as early as next week. we have been seeing very angry demonstrations in front of the parliament building, calling for the presidents impeachment. what does the general public think about what's been happening? the process does have been gathering outside the national assembly every day since that motion will declaration was made mostly in a position so you can sell killed today, and people start to govern again ours before this impeachment proceedings, the impeachment proceedings, humans to begin again at the vast majority of, of this thousands of people, really thousands of people there outside the national assembly were in a position to use talk you all a small proportion of those. what in support, tim? um, but you really saw a new change over the course of this, this period of a few hours west. south korean politics was essentially in limbo that we weren't

really sure whether the boat was going to go ahead, whether the motion was simply going to expire. and in that period of time, to save this boulevard in front of the national assembly slot like a k pumpkins. so these and these people are in a position to be social. there was like music playing, speeches being made. the honest a really changed when it became said that the type is going to have to be a band and moved together. i was the, when that became clear down at the outside of the national assembly, people began screaming very angrily. and again, you have to, you have to think that even though you socio has managed to at the age being in peace and this particular instance of this frustration that software and people fail with the way he managed to the emotional declaration. and the way his routing policy had for them behind him and, and helps him escape this impatient sides means that those um, the frustration that basically i was somebody to subside, that was the w as james tater and soul for us. thanks a lot, james. a serious, long time dictator by charlotte sat,

us facing revel uprisings on multiple fronts. as the main opposition offensive in the northwest continues to move towards the capital, damascus opposition factions of the south are also closing in these images on social media show. syrian protesters toppling a statue of the late president bush. charlotte south father in germano, in the southern suburbs of damascus. revels have already smashed the entire southern province of dar, off in the north. government forces have dug into defend the city of homes as they find to see president bush charles thoughts 24 year old short time ago i asked journalist osama mohammed for more on the developing situation near damascus to the city where she needs to be coming. like change it very quickly and possibly the, the, the labels are taking from some of the salesman countryside or also the most close

are taking to the, the country side of the city, starting with the yeah. there is some kind of collections happening in the yeah. in the 1000 of, of the schools in the, in the same time that is the advance of the east lubbock, militias and other peoples from the north and in syria up to, to the west coast. it loop, there is no, any terms for the gym to fight or to resist or take over or take bag any kind of off areas or any cds i don't know in damascus. so are you saying that it appears that the regime is going to collapse or is there still some chance that assad's allies, russia, and the ron will ramp up their military support and somehow help the regime clean on to power to that's really a good question to ask, but i don't think there is any chance for the jim to fight it back through his

original support tubes. let's say starting with the russians or even with the ernie and milly shows or even was hezbollah. you know, that the team doesn't have any chance to adverse or to resist or to fight back against ables and the guns that just let me read the congress. is a jim having a lift alone without any support from his alliance without any kind of support, even from the out of countries like the government of cdl regina try to to get the support from the governments. he sent these for a minute stuff to the dog to see if there is any kind of support from them. the same time, the president of senior charlotte said himself, how they called was with the president and try to get some support from them. was, was supplies was munition, but it look like nobody is going to have any kind of support sort of that a game. mostly after that very gym to didn't have the live key to

keep peace boards. and he's promises about the political deal and process, which he give it to the other young countries. so no, the game is actually fights and go on in the box without any supports. but i'm, he's alex. and what do you think will be the impact on the people of syria? if in fact, the regime of bush charla saw collapses. and maybe you can tell us specifically what would it mean for your region, the ne, under curtis control, to you know, that's the main question for everybody in the region. there is no, any kind of statements or i did to it by the coalition, by the international committee coming to you what's what, what's gonna happen next. nobody's know what's going to be next is going to be the just let me go to the gold groups who will take over the the most cost homes and

know that is be kind of of a new constitution or government that's going to be established by this this forces or they're going to be kind of the deal and negotiations. us the general office, the muslim combine invention. and he's media conference yesterday that that is kind of negotiations until between is the and the s d c. who is doing the mainly and leading the main um, rebuild operations again i said, so until no, nothing is cleared from the side is the in the code, these majority areas in has it got taken over the institutions and the areas which was under the control of your team, so it look even for the code, these people are you jimmy's love going to come back. that wasn't journalist osama mohammed speaking to us from commission the north eastern syria. we really appreciate it. thank you so much. let's get

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