SEOUL April 23 Kyodo southward Ko...

SEOUL April 23 Kyodo

southward Korea's Constitutional Court decided Friday to completion public deliberations on the impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun by means of the National Assembly nearest Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday.

The decision means the court could issue its verdict forward the case as early as May 10 the southern Korean news agency said.

The outgoing opposition-controlled assembly passed a motion March 12 to impeach Roh accusing him of election law violations, incompetence and being responsible for corruption by way of close aides.

Roh has since remained in the presidential residence, on the other hand his powers have been suspended and Prime Minister Goh Kun has taken through as interim leader.

The Constitutional Court has 180 days from March 12 to hold up the impeachment or set aside it.

Public catalogue of headss have indicated more than 70% of southward Koreans oppose the impeachment and those findings were underlined by dint of voters in last week's general election handing a significant defeat to opposition parties that impeached Roh

The Uri Party, which backs the president, won an overall majority with 152 seats, more than tripling the 49 seats it had in the assembly that vot for impeachment.

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