It appears that one way or another President Park is not going to complete her little over one year remaining in office after this announcement:
President Park Geun-hye speaks during an address to the nation at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Nov. 29, 2016. (Yonhap)
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called on parliament to determine her fate, saying she will step down in line with a timetable and procedures reached by political parties that can minimize any confusion arising from a government change.
Opposition parties dismissed the call as part of a political gambit to stall for time and thwart their impeachment push, stressing they won’t break ranks and will continue their move to oust the president.
During her third address to the nation over the corruption scandal centered on her confidante Choi Soon-sil, Park renewed her apology for her inability to address mounting public fury, but repeated her denial of any involvement in the scandal.
Earlier this month, the prosecution cited Park as an accomplice in “considerable parts” of the alleged wrongdoings carried out by Choi and her former aides — allegations denied by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
“I will entrust the National Assembly with (the task of) making decisions on issues, including the shortening of my presidential term,” she said during the five-minute address. Her single, five-year term ends in February 2018. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but I think President Park probably does not want to put her political party members in a tough situation in regards to whether or not to support the impeachment vote coming up. Offering to resign buys her political party time to organize a campaign for a person to replace her. After she resigns elections are supposed to be held in 60 days. It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out for President Park.
“Offering to resign buys her political party time to organize a campaign for a person to replace her.”
The New Frontier (Saenuri) Party is a dead man walking. They already have plans in the works to reconstitute under a new party name. It’s a completely foreign concept in America … but in Korea, you just change the party’s name and voila – you’ve got a new party – new platform – no prior history or links to the old party – BUT – it’s the same ol’ crooks in the same ol’ suits.
@Guitard, you are right. That is why they need time, to be a able to reorganize and rebrand whoever their candidate is going to be. If Park was forced out this week the Korean left would probably win the election.
“Offering to resign buys her political party time to organize a campaign for a person to replace her.”
The New Frontier (Saenuri) Party is a dead man walking. They already have plans in the works to reconstitute under a new party name. It’s a completely foreign concept in America … but in Korea, you just change the party’s name and voila – you’ve got a new party – new platform – no prior history or links to the old party – BUT – it’s the same ol’ crooks in the same ol’ suits.
@Guitard, you are right. That is why they need time, to be a able to reorganize and rebrand whoever their candidate is going to be. If Park was forced out this week the Korean left would probably win the election.