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...Compounding Roh's problems is his increasing political isolation, which leaves him vulnerable to attack. On Sept. 29 he quit the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), ending a testy relationship with party bosses. Roh, who is now temporarily without political affiliation, is expected to join a new party formed recently by 42 renegade MDP and GNP lawmakers. That group, tentatively called the United New Party for Participatory Citizens, hopes that Roh's reformist credentials will help it win seats in the 273-member legislature during next April's parliamentary elections, possibly enough of them to form a majority coalition to battle...
...MDP members are furious over the split with Roh and have vowed to stop the new vanguard from scoring big at the ballot box. With his own popularity in free fall, analysts say Roh could wind up leading a minority party, his presidency paralyzed by a conservative opposition and a vengeful MDP. "He could remain as a lame-duck President," says Ahn Chung Si, a political scientist at Seoul National University. "If that doesn't work out, he may have to step down...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...