As widely expected, it cited the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16th, 2014, which claimed 304 lives. It says Park failed to protect those people as stipulated in the Constitution. The motion also claimed that Park violated the spirit of democracy, by turning her back against the people who gave the president rights through the electoral system.

The opposition then said the president broke the country's supreme law by allowing her confidante Choi Soon-sil to exert influence on state affairs, while disrupting the market system.