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...arguments over Roh's ouster. His lawyers intend to argue that the impeachment was railroaded through the National Assembly and should be thrown out on procedural grounds. If the court doesn't bite, they plan to argue that the first charge against Roh?that he voiced support for the Uri Party in the upcoming National Assembly election, even though he's required to be neutral as President?was trivial, and that there is no basis in constitutional law for the other two charges of economic mismanagement and corruption among his aides...
...tried?and for which he is already being punished?are some otherwise innocuous comments about the upcoming April 15 National Assembly election. Roh, who had renounced his membership of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party last fall, let it be known that he hoped candidates from the Uri Party would do well, and that he thought he might eventually join that organization. Lawmakers were shocked?shocked!?that the President would dare sully the nation's pristine electoral process through such nefarious interference. Their reading of the law held Roh's words to be a violation of election rules preventing the President...
...March ? Opposition lawmakers submit the country's first-ever presidential impeachment motion, after Roh is found to have violated election laws by urging public support for the Uri Party in the upcoming election. South Korean law forbids the President from getting involved in general elections...
...Korea University's Hahm says if Uri Party politicians win big in the general election, the Constitutional Court judges might take that into account and reinstate Roh. "Then he can keep the presidency," adds Hahm. Or, rather, return to it. Roh Moo Hyun promised to make waves if he was allowed to lead South Korea. He's done that, but now he must avoid being swamped by the murky backwash...
...September ? Political infighting results in Roh quitting the MDP. Thirty-seven of his supporters also defect, and form the Uri Party...