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novapsycheSouth Korea's opposition says Roh apology too late
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun apologised on Friday for an unprecedented political crisis in which he faces impeachment, but the opposition said he was too late and it would still try to unseat him.
Roh's dramatic apology came just as parliament had been due to reconvene to try to hold an impeachment session that was blocked on Thursday by pro-Roh Uri Party members who occupied the speaker's podium in the National Assembly.
[...] Even before Roh's apology there was drama in parliament.
In the middle of the night, opposition parliamentarians stormed yelling into the chamber to try to secure the occupied speaker's podium from sleeping pro-Roh Uri Party members.
Politicians fought, wrestled, argued and shoved. The Uri Party kept the speaker's chair but opposition parliamentarians gained a foothold on the podium. One report said one Uri Party member ran shoeless from the chamber with the speaker's gavel.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun apologised on Friday for an unprecedented political crisis in which he faces impeachment, but the opposition said he was too late and it would still try to unseat him.
Roh's dramatic apology came just as parliament had been due to reconvene to try to hold an impeachment session that was blocked on Thursday by pro-Roh Uri Party members who occupied the speaker's podium in the National Assembly.
[...] Even before Roh's apology there was drama in parliament.
In the middle of the night, opposition parliamentarians stormed yelling into the chamber to try to secure the occupied speaker's podium from sleeping pro-Roh Uri Party members.
Politicians fought, wrestled, argued and shoved. The Uri Party kept the speaker's chair but opposition parliamentarians gained a foothold on the podium. One report said one Uri Party member ran shoeless from the chamber with the speaker's gavel.