A senior ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker also said the impeachment move would be put to a parliamentary vote by December 9. But the move gathered steam when former head of the ruling party Kim Moo-Sung jumped into the fray Wednesday, declaring Park must be impeached for breaching the constitution. More than 30 Saenuri lawmakers support Park's impeachment, with 29 needed to cross party lines for the motion to be passed. If the vote is successful it would be the first time in 12 years that South Korea's parliament has impeached a president. Even if the impeachment vote gets two-thirds support at parliament there is no guarantee the country's conservative Constitutional Court will approve it, even as the snowballing scandal continues to hit South Korean household names.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 24, 2016 08:22 UTC