South Korean Parliamentary Speaker Pushes To Limit Presidential Power

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South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik is calling for a referendum to revise the constitution. He cites strong public support for limiting the country's presidential powers following the court ruling to uphold former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment for declaring martial law last December.

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00:00South Korea's parliamentary speaker is calling for new limits to presidential powers by revising

00:05the country's constitution.

00:06The people's desire now is to change the political structure of the winner-take-all

00:13imperialist presidential system, which is the cause of extreme political conflict.

00:18Speaker Woo Won-sik says last week's court ruling to uphold former President Yoon Seok-gyul's

00:22impeachment has ended a period of national strife.

00:26Yoon was removed from office for his brief declaration of martial law in December.

00:31Woo is now calling for a referendum, citing strong public support for constitutional change.

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