South Korea - President Roh Impeached

Yonhap News ^ | March 11, 2004

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South Korea's National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President Roh Moo-hyun Friday.

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[mrsmith]

South Korea - Constitution
"Article 65 [Impeachment]
(1) In case the President, the Prime Minister, members of the State Council, heads of Executive Ministries, judges of the Constitutional Court, judges, members of the Central Election Management Committee, members of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and other public officials designated by law have violated the Constitution or other laws in the performance of official duties, the National Assembly may pass motions for their impeachment.
(2) A motion for impeachment prescribed in Paragraph (1) may be proposed by one-third or more of the total members of the National Assembly, and requires a concurrent vote of a majority of the total members of the National Assembly for passage: Provided, that a motion for the impeachment of the President shall be proposed by a majority of the total members of the National Assembly and approved by two-thirds or more of the total members of the National Assembly.
(3) Any person against whom a motion for impeachment has been passed is suspended from exercising his power until the impeachment has been adjudicated.
(4) A decision on impeachment does not extend further than removal from public office. However, it does not exempt the person impeached from civil or criminal liability."

Now it goes to the nine member Constitutional Court:

"2) The Constitutional Court is composed of nine adjudicators qualified to be court judges, and they are appointed by the President.
(3) Among the adjudicators referred to in Paragraph (2), three are appointed from persons selected by the National Assembly, and three appointed from persons nominated by the Chief Justice.
(4) The head of the Constitutional Court is appointed by the President from among the adjudicators with the consent of the National Assembly. "

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My memory on this is very hazy, but I recall a huge political scandal in South Korea about a year(?) or so ago that involved the Hyundai Corporation and the South Korean government making some sort of under-the-table payoffs to the Kerry-supporting "Dear Leader" in the North. Is this impeachment vote related in any way to this?

193-2 to impeach, wow. I'd say Roh's a crispy critter. He was quite anti-US there for a while, cozying up to North Korea and the "reconciliation" scam they're running, which plays on the very real desire by South Koreans to help their brethren in the North, but of course under Kim Jong Il is nothing more than a means to subvert South Korea's government and culture and eventually soften them up for a takeover. But once Donald Rumsfeld started making noise about withdrawing our troops, Roh clammed up with the "Yankee Imperialist Dogs" rhetoric very quickly.

[SevenofNine]

Norm this remind me alot of REAL TV Remember that show

OMGG I remember that show

I hear this guy who they impeach was nut job

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep ! FOX News mentioned this about half an hour ago or so ...

[Delta 21]

Was there a quantum shift in the universe that I missed?

These people seem very passionate about their government and are firing the chief executive for rigging the election and being incompetent!

Where is the oral sex? He hasnt used his countries military to attack another country to coverup for any kind of sexual perversion??!??

I really didnt know that they cared that much.

[PureSolace]

That sounds like a Republican way to make up your mind.

Was that a compliment? or an insult? :) Either way, kudos!

[maro]

And come to the rescue of his bosom friend?

[maro]

"Roh" is pronounced "Noh."

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The impeachment passed by a vote of 193 to 2.

If only our senate could have risen to their challenge...

[tallhappy]

Wow.

[tubavil]

Ruh-Roh!

[tubavil]

Damn!

[ConservativeMan55]

Vanity w/pics! We saw Sean Hannity tonight!

[tubavil]

Hannity is the best. May G-d continue to Bless he and his family.

[GretchenEE]

What's with these peninsular and islandic parliaments of the Far East? I've seen similar photos from Japan.

Crazy.

There's something about that democracy idea, and its protocol, that didn't quite fully take root.

[CT]

Hey, two living Impeached Presidents!

Roh, meet The Sink Emperor! You both have something in common.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Discussion of this started at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1093874/posts?page=19#19

[AmericanInTokyo]

The power of the ballot box

[AmericanInTokyo]

Not much has changed in a thousand years.

The defeated (liberal) Uri Party members on their knees, on the floor of the Korean Parliament, remorseful over their failed effort to protect their "Lord", President Roh. Luckily, there were no swords laying around....

[ASA Vet]

If only our senate could have risen to their challenge

Although I really despised our Senate for failing to do their duty,
I've since come to the conclusion that in the end we benefited by their dereliction.

What if Algore had been running as the incumbent President?