코리아타임즈 Attack on Constitutional Court

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	Attack on Constitutional Court Ruling Party Ought to Respect the Rules of Law
	The very root of the nation’s constitutional political system has been seriously shaken because of a ruling party member’s vulgar attack on the Constitutional Courts for its decision last month that blocked the transfer of the capital to the countryside. In the parliamentary interpellation of state affairs on Friday, he lashed out at the ruling as a judiciary coup crushing the freedom of the people and the authority of the National Assembly. He also described seven of the nine justices who voted against the relocation as a violation of the Constitution as diehard conservatives clad in judges’ robes. His scathing attack posed a great threat to the Constitutional Court as well as the Basic Law, which should be respected by all. As no system is perfect, the court can be criticized for its ruling because there are continued disputes over the theory of the unwritten constitutional law which it made use of suspending the capital transfer. But his attack went too far by any standards. More serious than his excruciating rhetoric is the general feeling that it more or less reflects the Uri Party’s stance on the annulment of the capital’s relocation. The government party should have yielded to the court’s decision as the party responsible for the management of state affairs. Contrary to their obligation, it has taken issue with the decision whenever necessary. Even though the controversial project of the capital’s transfer should have been stopped as soon as the court ruled against it, the government and the ruling party are bent on pursing it with a small change in order to evade denunciation for ignoring the court’s decision. Their move goes against the will of the general public as a whopping majority supported the court’s decision shelving the capital’s relocation. From the beginning, it was wrong of them to push the capital transfer in haste simply by relying on the special law concerning it, passed in December 2002, when the main opposition Grand National Party secured the absolute majority force in the Assembly. When the court’s ruling was made, they should have made an apology for disturbing national unity and wasting taxpayers’ precious money for carrying out the project, turning a deaf ear to strong protests from all sides. Against this backdrop, the government and the ruling party ought to faithfully abide by the court’s ruling and immediately stop the plan to build a new capital in the Kongju-Yongi region, South Chungchong Province. That is the only way to preserve the constitutional political system, the independence of the three government branches and the inviolability of law. Democracy will be endangered when the rules of law are trampled. 11-14-2004 18:53		Roh Opposes Sanctions Against North Korea  FKI Calls on US to Ease Restrictions on Visa for Business Travelers  Korean Ship Hits Breakwater in Japanese Port, Killing Six  Civil Servants to Start Strike Monday

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