South Korea’s Park Open to April Resignation Date, Adviser Says
- President’s chances of avoiding impeachment hang in balance
- Offer would represent ‘her last-ditch attempt to save pride’
Park Geun-hye addresses the nation on Nov. 29.
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye signaled she would be willing to step down in April as opposition lawmakers said they might have enough votes to impeach her this week over an influence-peddling scandal.
Park would accept the ruling Saenuri Party’s proposal that she step down at the end of April, her senior political adviser, Hur Won-je, said Monday at a parliamentary hearing. Her resignation would pave the way for a presidential election in 60 days. If parliament votes to impeach her, Park would be suspended from power unless the move is rejected by the constitutional court.