Re:South Korean President Impeached
by noobermin on Thursday March 09, 2017 @11:38PM
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Reading the description of the political climate upthread, the majority in parliament in SK is opposition, split between two parties. Here, the R's have a majority in the House which impeaches, so our chances are unfortunately not that great.
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Even the two major opposition parties could not have pulled off a supermajority (67% required for the impeachment) on their own. It helped that the ruling party was split into two factions, one of which sided with the opposition at the last minute.
Now we have four major parties, one minor party, and a bunch of independents who all hate one another. It's going to be fun! At least I hope this will bring some much-needed diversity to Korean politics. Two parties are boring and too easily devolve into an ideological staredown.
>Two parties are boring and too easily devolve into an ideological staredown.
Hell, just look at the US[0].
[0] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/purple-america-has-all-...