President Yoon Suk Yeol blocked three bills, including one calling for a special investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee, which were ultimately scrapped on Friday due to a lack of National Assembly votes to override his veto. During a second vote at an afternoon plenary session, neither bill received the necessary two-thirds majority support to push them through. The bill focusing on investigating the first lady, initially passed by the Assembly on September 19, was an updated version of a previous bill vetoed by President Yoon in January. It was rejected after a vote of 194-104 with one abstention and one invalid vote. The bills that were rejected also included one mandating a special counsel investigation into allegations of inappropriate interference by the presidential office and Defense Ministry in a military probe into the death of a Marine corporal, as well as legislation requiring government funding for a gift certificate program to support local small businesses. Despite the ruling People Power Party's official stance against the special counsel bill, four party lawmakers chose to vote in favor of the legislation, abstain, or spoil their vote. The Democratic Party plans to reintroduce the rejected bills next month after a two-week Assembly audit starting next week.