South Korea's Park asks parliament to decide how she can quit, opposition cries foul

[kebob]

Source: Reuters

Tue Nov 29, 2016 | 4:07am EST
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim | SEOUL

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked parliament to decide how and when she can give up power over an influence-peddling scandal, taking the country's political crisis deeper into uncharted terrain.

The main opposition Democratic Party rejected Park's offer, calling it a ploy to escape being impeached, and said it would continue efforts to bring an impeachment motion in parliament, which they have sought to do as soon as Friday.

No South Korean president has failed to complete a single five-year term since the current democratic system was implemented in 1987.

"I will leave to parliament everything about my future including shortening of my term," Park said in a brief televised speech.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN13O093

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South Korean Democrats = U.S. Republicans, insisting that Park be humiliated, even though the president has offered to step down.

[nitpicker]

1. Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38140588

[AngryAmish]

2. She should be humiliated. She is a nut.

[BlueInPhilly]

3. Ghost of HRC's future

In a way, it's a blessing HRC was not elected. She's too good for this ungrateful country.

This would be what the white male establishment would have done to her.