Judgement day: South Korea’s top court to rule on President Park impeachment on Friday
The political fate of South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye will be decided by the country’s highest court on Friday, a spokesman said, when it will rule on whether to confirm her impeachment.
It has been decided that the ruling on the impeachment of the president will be announced at 11am on March 10
Park was impeached by parliament in December over a major corruption and influence-peddling scandal that rocked the nation and prompted millions to take to the street to demand her removal.
Eight judges at the constitutional court have been reviewing the validity of the motion.
“It has been decided that the ruling on the impeachment of the president will be announced at 11am on March 10,” a court spokesman said on Wednesday, adding the decision would be televised live.
If her removal is upheld, Park would become the first-ever South Korean president to be sacked by impeachment, and an election to choose her successor would be held within 60 days.
If it is rejected, Park, who has been holed up in the presidential palace with her power suspended, would immediately return to office and stay until the end of her term in February 2018.
The 65-year-old conservative president was elected in 2012 partly thanks to the popularity of her father and late army dictator, Park Chung-hee.
