South Korean President Park Geun-hye faces mounting calls to step down over a political scandal amid indications that parliament, including members from her own ruling party, may try to impeach her.
Absolute power definitely leads to corruption, as power corrupts all. South Korea’s constitution has failed its people. In principle no president may run for the same office within five or six years of the end of his/her first term. Any law which is not backed by punishment is not a law, even as a constitution which does not grant the right of resistance is not a real constitution. When autocracy becomes a fact of life, the people have the right, and even the obligation, to engage in resistance.