Editorial: The day after democracy
South koreans has victoriously won by protesting with candles in peace against the current incumbent, who has the allegation of monopolization of affairs.
Park Geun hye, the 18th president of the nation, is under some suspicion of allowing a person, named Choi sun sil, to unlawfully interfere in state affairs. Choi has been a president’s closest confidante and is being investigated by the prosecution in allegations of meddling in politics, military, and diplomatic affairs.
The evidences that Park’s confidante has meddled in state affairs without authorization have continue to come out, and the pure public are trembling with rage because the president, who they have selected and trusted, betrayed the nation, which resulted in peaceful street candlelight rallies in which farmers, workers, students, and intellectuals have been participating.
With the presidential approval rating dropping below nearly 5%, the public’s fury has gotten into full swing while the protest has continued to go on over a month.
National Assembly decided to vote on impeachment of the current president. As a result, president Park was impeached by a parliamentary ballot.
In the past, many people selected No.1 candidate as our president due to her father, the late Park Jung hee who was the president of this nation for 18 years and assassinated by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the late Kim-Jae-Gyu in 1979. The public felt nostalgia for the past Yushin regime, selecting the deplorable candidate as their leader for this trifling reason.
Through this situation, we have to think about the way now we go forward. Not to share this inglorious state again, the public need to participate themselves in every election to watch political activities.