Post by Moses on Apr 17, 2004 7:46:29 GMT -5
It was very suspicious that targets of the Bush Administration were suddenly the subject of campaign finance scandals simulataneously: Cretian in Canada, Lula in Brazil, and the new leader in Korea.
The Koreans responded to the impeachment of their President by conservatives by defeating all but 1/3 of the incumbents to their congress. But the Constitutional Court, though the charges are trivial, (in a country whose leadership has been guilty of much worse crimes) has apparently voted that the impeachment procedings can go forward:
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April 17, 2004
Impeachment Case to Go Forward in Seoul
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
EOUL, South Korea, April 16 - Ignoring South Korean voters' rejection of the impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun, the nation's Constitutional Court said Friday that the proceedings would go forward.
"The court proceedings on the impeachment will go ahead as scheduled," said Yun Young Chul, the court's president.
Angry over the National Assembly's March 12 impeachment vote, South Koreans on Thursday voted to return less than one-third of incumbents to the 299-seat single-chamber legislature.
Voters tripled the delegation from the pro-Roh Uri Party, while the three conservative parties that backed the impeachment collectively lost one-third of their seats.
In a television address on Friday, Goh Kun, the prime minister who is also the acting president, appealed to the assembly and court to shelve the impeachment process.
But Park Geun Hye, the leader of the Grand National Party, the legislature's conservative old guard, which had just been demoted to minority status, said her party would "await and respect the decision of the Constitutional Court."
Legal experts predicted that the case would not be decided before May.
American officials worry that the tilt to the left will weaken South Korea's commitment to send 3,000 more troops to Iraq later this year. The Uri Party said Friday that an investigative team was to return from Iraq on Monday and brief officials.
The Koreans responded to the impeachment of their President by conservatives by defeating all but 1/3 of the incumbents to their congress. But the Constitutional Court, though the charges are trivial, (in a country whose leadership has been guilty of much worse crimes) has apparently voted that the impeachment procedings can go forward:
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April 17, 2004
Impeachment Case to Go Forward in Seoul
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
EOUL, South Korea, April 16 - Ignoring South Korean voters' rejection of the impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun, the nation's Constitutional Court said Friday that the proceedings would go forward.
"The court proceedings on the impeachment will go ahead as scheduled," said Yun Young Chul, the court's president.
Angry over the National Assembly's March 12 impeachment vote, South Koreans on Thursday voted to return less than one-third of incumbents to the 299-seat single-chamber legislature.
Voters tripled the delegation from the pro-Roh Uri Party, while the three conservative parties that backed the impeachment collectively lost one-third of their seats.
In a television address on Friday, Goh Kun, the prime minister who is also the acting president, appealed to the assembly and court to shelve the impeachment process.
But Park Geun Hye, the leader of the Grand National Party, the legislature's conservative old guard, which had just been demoted to minority status, said her party would "await and respect the decision of the Constitutional Court."
Legal experts predicted that the case would not be decided before May.
American officials worry that the tilt to the left will weaken South Korea's commitment to send 3,000 more troops to Iraq later this year. The Uri Party said Friday that an investigative team was to return from Iraq on Monday and brief officials.