South Korea opposition sticks to plans to impeach Park

‘South Korea’s opposition parties have agreed to keep plans to impeach embattled President Park Geun-hye, rejecting her recent offer to resign under a “safe” power transfer arranged by the parliament.
“The people of South Korea do not want to enter the new year with Park Geun-hye as president,” said the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Choo Mi-ae, on Wednesday.
“There is only one way under our constitution to halt a term of a president and that’s an impeachment motion,” Choo added, dismissing the president’s resignation offer as a ploy meant to avoid impeachment.’
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