Park Geun Hye Impeachment Protest

The impeachment of park geun hye president of south korea was the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her aide.

Park geun hye impeachment protest. The impeachment vote took place on 9 december 2016 with 234 members of the 300 member national assembly voting in favour of the impeachment and temporary suspension of park geun hye s presidential powers and duties. The focus of the protest is president park geun hye whose presidential compound known as the blue house because of its blue roof is a short distance from the march and the main stage of the. South korea s constitutional court has upheld a decision by the country s national assembly to impeach president park geun hye. Park geun hye the first female president of south korea 2013 17.

The daughter of dictator park chung hee the younger park was impeached in december 2016 after journalists uncovered a massive corruption and bribery scandal involving some of south korea s largest businesses. South korea s president park geun hye has become the country s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. Judges at the impeachment ruling at the constitutional court on friday. Park is expected to shift south korean politics to leaders who want more engagement with the north.

Judges unanimously upheld parlia. Park in her characteristic obliviousness held a press conference and admitted that choi reviewed the speeches defending choi as someone who helped her during the difficult past outraged. Thus hwang kyo ahn then prime minister of south korea became acting president while the constitutional court of korea wa. The downfall of ms.