Roh Moo-hyun raps GNP for Assembly walkout

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Roh Moo-hyun raps GNP for Assembly walkout

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South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun on Wednesday criticized the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) for staging an outdoor anti-government protest, describing it as illegal sabotage by the majority party.

"Carrying out the struggle outside the National Assembly is like discarding the principle of democracy and resorting to outdated tactics used by minor opposition parties in the past," Roh said during a meeting with a group of journalists based in the southwestern Cholla Province at Chong Wa Dae.

Roh, however, made it clear that he would accept the special prosecutor bill once it is passed through a second review at the National Assembly with the support of a two-thirds vote of all lawmakers.

Chong Wa Dae called on the Grand National Party chairman Choe Byung-yul to stop his hunger strike and GNP lawmakers to return to the National Assembly.

Source: Agencies

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