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[Headlines] (HL-사건/사고/법률) South Korean President Forced from Office
최고관리자  |  17-03-13 20:57

The South Korean Constitutional Court has removed President Park Geun-hye from office. All eight members of the court agreed with a National Assembly measure calling for her removal. The eight worked to rule on the case by Friday before term limits reduced the normally nine-member court to seven justices. The South Korean constitution requires at least six justices to agree on any impeachment vote by the National Assembly. Chief Justice Park Han-chul was forced to leave the court in January when his term ended. Monday will be the last day of Acting Chief Justice Lee Jung-mi’s term. Lee read the ruling from the court’s offices in Seoul on Friday. She said Park’s “acts of violating the Constitution and law are a betrayal of the public trust.”
* constitutional court = 헌법 재판소/ national assembly = 국회/ measure = 조치[정책]/ call for ~ = (공식적으로) 요구하다/ removal = 해고/ rule on ~ = (공식적으로) 결정[판결]을 내리다/ justice = 판사, 재판관/ impeachment = 탄핵; 비난, 고소/ ruling = (특히 판사의) 결정, 판결/ betrayal = 배신, 배반 

The court also criticized Park for being uncooperative and evasive in the investigations. It said she tried to stop the legislature from acting as a “check and balance” on presidential powers. The court said Park worked with a close friend to pressure large Korean companies to donate nearly $70 million to two organizations. Government lawyers had also accused the friend, Choi Soon-sil, of sending some of the money to businesses that she and her friends owned. “These violations undermine the rule of law and a representative democracy,” said the acting chief justice. Government lawyers studied reports that people close to the president were using her office to raise millions of dollars. Park has repeatedly denied the charges against her. Until the reports of corruption appeared, many South Koreans believed she was a strong and honest leader.
* criticize (sb for ~) = 비판[비난]하다/ uncooperative = 비협조적인/ evasive = 얼버무리는/ legislature = 입법 기관(의 사람들), 입법부/ act as ~ = ~으로서의 역할을 하다/ check and balance = 견제와 균형/ presidential powers(주로 복수로) = 대통령 권한/ pressure (sb to do ~ / sb into ~) = 압력을 가하다/ donate = 기부[기증]하다/ accuse = 고발[기소/비난]하다, 혐의를 제기하다/ undermine = 약화시키다/ representative democracy = 대의(代義)민주 제도/ repeatedly = 되풀이하여; 여러 차례/ charges against ~ = ~에 대한 기소/ corruption = 부패, 타락