South Korea assembly speaker proposes revising constitution to curb presidency

By Ju-min Park

SEOUL (Reuters) - The talker of South Korea's parliament connected Sunday projected revising the constitution to curb statesmanlike powers, citing nationalist enactment for specified a determination aft President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted for declaring martial law.

"I would similar to suggest to the radical that we should present rapidly prosecute law revision," Woo Won-shik, the National Assembly speaker, told a property conference. "After going done the unconstitutional and amerciable martial instrumentality and (then Yoon's) impeachment, the nationalist statement connected the urgency of law revision is greater than ever."

He projected a nationalist referendum connected law betterment to coincide with the statesmanlike predetermination that indispensable beryllium held wrong 2 months of Yoon's ouster connected Friday by the nation's Constitutional Court.

The tribunal upheld parliament's impeachment of Yoon for concisely declaring martial instrumentality connected December 3, sparking South Korea's worst governmental situation successful decades.

"The nationalist disorder has travel to an extremity with the Constitutional Court's ruling, but the imaginable for destructive struggle surrounding statesmanlike powerfulness inactive exists," said Woo, adding that galore South Koreans privation to alteration the "imperial presidency", which helium called a root of utmost governmental conflict.

A Gallup Korea sentiment survey past period recovered 54% supporting law revision to hole the statesmanlike strategy and 30% saying that is unnecessary.

Yoon said connected Sunday that though helium had stepped down, helium would "always basal by" his supporters, who fought for "freedom and defending sovereignty".

Acting President Han Duck-soo and the predetermination committee are considering June 3 for the predetermination date, the committee has said.

The constitution was past revised successful 1987 to present nonstop statesmanlike elections and a single, five-year term.

In caller years, statesmanlike candidates from crossed the governmental spectrum person supported revisions including giving presidents 2 four-year terms, but determination person been fewer factual steps aft caller leaders were chosen.

Yoon's ruling People Power Party is studying imaginable amendments, and its statesmanlike hopefuls person mentioned barring presidents from seeking much than 2 four-year terms.

The starring campaigner to regenerate Yoon, main absorption Democratic Party person Lee Jae-myung, has besides spoken of that idea.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by William Mallard)