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November 22nd, 2016 
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nsnbc : South Korean prosecutors announced that they would push for a face-to-face interrogation of President Park Geun-hye, whether she likes it or not. Park’s attorney previously said “the president would reject any direct interrogation by the prosecutors”. Park may eventually “have to” face an interrogation by prosecutors, no matter whether she “likes it” or not, when her tem expires.
As the saying goes, “all are equal before the law but some are more equal than others”. It’s a common problem in all plutocracies and oligarchies, no matter whether they designate themselves as capitalist, communist, socialist, right-wing or right-out absolutist tyrannies.
But the embattled South Korean President Park Geun-hye may be about to discover that this oligarchical or plutocratic “protection mechanism” only works as long as it is politically expedient for one’s main allies and that the privilege usually ends, abruptly, when one has become a “liability”.
On Monday an official of a Special Investigative Unit in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was quoted by local media as saying on that the prosecution is scheduled to request the interrogation anytime soon as it plans to continue to push the face-to-face questioning.
On Sunday President Park’s lawyer stressed that she will reject any direct interrogation demanded by prosecutors and that she will accept an investigation from an independent counsel only.
The independent counsel bill was hastily passed through the National Assembly last week. If the bill is approved at a meeting of Park’s Cabinet on Tuesday, the special prosecutor is forecast to launch its independent investigation early next month along with four deputy independent counsels, 20 dispatched prosecutors and 40 investigators.
If approved by the Cabinet, the bill is bound to open more than just one can of worms. For one, the bill was passed after the alleged “irregularities” so it is questionable whether it is valid in Park’s case, and even if it is found to be valid, Park’s unwillingness to answer questions would most likely trigger renewed waves of mass protests.
Also on Sunday, the prosecution office in charge of the case involving the president and her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, identified Park as a criminal accomplice to Choi and her two former aides in many of criminal acts.
Choi and the former presidential aides were indicted for multiple charges including abuse of power and extortion. Park became the first sitting South Korean president to be investigated by prosecutors for a criminal conspiracy.
Under the country’s constitution, an incumbent president is free from being criminally indicted until a single, five-year term ends, but Park is allowed to be investigated for criminal charges. Park is also, some say conveniently, pressing for a constitutional change that would allow presidents to run for two consecutive terms.
Calls are rising in the opposition bloc for a compulsory investigation into the embattled president, but the prosecution office said it would be hard to be realized as arrest investigation is made possible under criminal indictment.
F/AK – nsnbc 21.11.2016
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