Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-South Korea’s President has been officially removed from office on charges of corruption bringing to an end the reign of the country’s first female leader.
According to France24 President Park Geun-Hye was initially impeached by the Parliament and on Friday the country’s top court upheld the decision over the wide ranging scandal.
The decision triggers a new presidential election which has to be held within 60 day.
According to the court Parks actions has “seriously impaired the spirit of democracy and the rule of law and so she had been dismissed”.
The decision also means Park becomes the first South Korean President to be removed from office by impeachment and will be obliged to leave the presidential Blue House whilst also losing her executive immunity from prosecution.
According to the media report Park was found to have “broken the law by allowing her friend Choi Soon-Sil to meddle in state affairs and breached rules on public servants’ activities”.
“The president has to use her power based on the constitution and the laws and have the details of her own work shown transparently so that people can evaluate her works”.
“But Park concealed completely Choi’s meddling in state affairs and denied it whenever suspicions over the act emerged and even criticised those who raised suspicions”, said a quoted constitutional court chief justice Lee Jung-Mi.
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