Posted on 05/13/2004 11:58:33 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:15:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SEOUL -- South Korea's Constitutional Court rejected the impeachment of the national president in a final ruling announced today, restoring Roh Moo-hyun to his post.
"There are no reasons which are grave enough to remove the president from office," said Yun Young-chul, court president, announcing the ruling at a public hearing carried on national television.
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I had read in another article that - prior to his impeachment - Roh had pledged 3000 troops to Iraq.
That's correct.
I think his restoration is good news for the Coalition in Iraq. His impeachment replacement would not have had the stature to get troop approval passed in parliament.
I should add that he seemed to act with quite a bit of dignity during his brief exile..
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