Uri Party Looks to Re-Elect President Roh
I think this argument is mute because I don’t think anyone in their right minds would want to re-elect President Roh Moo-hyun anyway:
The ruling Uri Party’s think tank proposed on Monday that the nation introduce a U.S.-style presidential system by installing a vice president and enabling the president to seek re-election.
The Uri Party Foundation said the president should be allowed to seek re-election to avoid being tagged as a “lame duck’’ in the latter half of his or her term of office.
The system of a president sharing power with a vice president will help ease regionalism-based politics in the nation, the foundation said in the first issue of its quarterly, “Open Future.’’
Does the Uri Party really think the fact that Korea has a one term and your out system is the reason why President Roh is a lame duck with a less than 30% approval rating? I guess they have to find something to deflect the truth and they think this is it.
Korea has a one term system because of the memory of past military dictatorships that ruled the country. The one term system does not allow a president enough time in office in order to consolidate enough power in order to wield dictatorial might. With Korea’s history of authoritism this is probably a good thing and not something that should be changed on a whim like the Uri Party types want to do.
