because like, instead of the this is dw news live from berlin. south korea's parliament fails to impeach the president. lawmakers are unable to remove president a units of fuel from office over his attempt to impose martial law after members of his party walk out of parliament. also, and to show anti government protesters celebrates in the southern suburbs of damascus. as rebels continue their lighting advance on the syrian capital from the north, the president of thought is reported late still in the city. witnesses say rebels also breached governments of defenses and the key city of homes. the

mariana evans, dean, welcome, and attempt to impeach south korea's president. eunice appeal has failed after lawmakers from his own party boy called at the vote. the opposition coalition filed the impeachment order in response to the president's attempt to impose the martial law on tuesday as the tearing of noisy session in south korea's national assembly marked by protests efforts to impeach president union, so kyo for 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 stage, the walkout president,

use gamble and apologizing publicly, but refusing to leave office, paid off. that was when was it. okay, and now 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 responsibilities are given when general hip ya g. 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 party to take steps to stabilize the political situation in future, including the issue of my time and office. what do you tell me? yeah, you do my guess leaving his face and his policies hands suggests he has no plans to bow out potentially causing days of chaos.

the military rule lost a just hours. 3 until lawmakers from the opposition policy broke through the lines of soldiers surrounding the parliament. and is a 10 viewed the president use actions have divided south koreans? the more on the 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 human. so can you talk to, jeremy the how goes 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 schooling for the president to go have been going on, day and night. but for now president eunice clinging to power backs

by his paul t w's easy to correspondent james cheaters. and so when i asked him a short time ago whether it was a surprise that the impeachment vote failed, only think not necessarily a surprise that it didn't go through. but the manner in which the soul transpired to us and he was stroking no towards any one was expecting over the course of the day, the parliamentarians were essentially ready to take this folks. actually, there was another vote, the lawmakers with other things on immediately before the impeachment proceedings were about to stop. then moments before it was about to begin the sold this mass exodus of new me. because from using point, the leaving the chamber and refusing to go back there on the 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 and the proceedings had to be

stalled again, this is a really important because to, to impeach us now screen present needs get a 2 thirds majority of a 300 men to parliament. position policies have about 192 seats. so you needed to see at least 8 members of use on costs of breaking brands and go through and patients with us to go through. because would have been since he left the building, you had some reading 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 uh, sentiments coming out of the rolling policy cuz we sold a leader of use um tossed c e come out um saying that he believes that you should be suspended from office. um, but what some of the ruling party members are saying is that although he keeps should be kind of uh, 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 suggest sting that the ring policy is more concerned about their electro 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's and not the election if it was forced to take place. but there are really bigger questions now about who exactly is in control in south career and south korean 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 the 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 all positions will make has, will be really looking to put so the south green people, but also the parliament. and we've already seen those opposition. parties say that they look into the 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 suck you out today. and people started happening again, hours before this impeachment proceedings, the impeachment proceedings, and wants 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 you and suck 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 say

this boulevard in front of the national assembly site like a k pumpkins. so these, and these people are in a position some social that was like music playing speeches being made. the honestly really changed when it became said that the type is going to have to be a band to move 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 a page being in piece and this particular instance of this frustration that software and people fail with the way he managed to the motional declaration. and the way his routing policy had for them behind him and, and helps him to stay this impeachment sides means that those um, the frustration that basically was unlikely to subside. that was dw, is james tater and soul for us. thanks a lot, james. a serious, long time dictator, by charlotte sawdust facing uprisings on multiple friends as the main rebel

offensive in the north west, continues to move towards damascus. opposition factions of the south are closing in on the capital. these images on social media shows syria and protesters toppling the statute of the late president into charlotte's father. in durham on a in the southern suburbs of damascus, rebels have already snatched the entire southern province of dar, off and in the north. syrian rebels are patrolling the countryside outside the key city of homes as government forces dig in, defend the city, and bashar al assad, 24 years. i asked journalist or some of a homage for more on the developing situation around damascus. which is the situation is becoming like change very quickly. and firstly the, the variables are taking from, from the salesman the countryside off or for the most coastal of taking the,

the country side of the city. starting with the you, there's some kind of pleasure is 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 in syria up to, to the west coast it, look, there is no, any turns for the gym to fight or to resist or take over or take back 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 asides allies, russia and the ron will ramp up their military support and somehow help the regime cling onto 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 army and militia, as 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, redeem, try to get the support from the governments. he sent these form and the 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 had to call with, 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 fighting, 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 the charlotte 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 to, 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 get or the cold groups will take over the, the most cost homes and know that is be kind of of new constitution or the

government that's going to be established by this, this forces or if they're going to be a kind of deal and negotiations us the general office, the muslim combined i mention in his media conference yesterday that that is kind of negotiations until between is the and the s d c. who was 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 mohammad speaking to us from commission, the north eastern syria. we really appreciate it. thank you so much. i to to

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