Vice Justice Minister Kim Seok-woo speaks on the podium at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday, demanding the Assembly reconsider special probe bills against President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee. Yonhap

The opposition-controlled National Assembly failed to pass two special counsel bills on Wednesday on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law and first lady Kim Keon Hee over multiple corruption allegations.

With all 300 Assembly members present in a revote during the plenary session, 198 voted in favor of the special probe bill targeting Yoon, with 101 objections and one abstention.

Another special probe bill targeting Kim saw 196 votes in favor, with 103 objections and one abstention.

As the bills failed to gain 200 votes, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto, they were scrapped.

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers left the parliamentary chamber after voting in protest of the results. The party said it will reintroudce the bills as soon as possible.

The bills, which the opposition parties passed on Dec. 12, call for the designation of special prosecutors to investigate insurrection charges against Yoon for his Dec. 3 martial law and Kim's alleged involvement stock price manipulation scheme and interference in election nominations through a power broker.

Acting President Choi Sang-mok vetoed the two bills on Dec. 31 in a Cabinet meeting and demanded the National Assembly reconsider its decision.

"I have pondered countless times about whether it is truly responsible to promulgate bills whose question of unconstitutionality has not been resolved and which raise concerns about national interests and the people's basic rights," Choi said.

The ruling People Power Party, which holds 108 seats in the Assembly, has been opposing the two contentious bills.