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Sun, December 3, 2023 | 20:18
Park praises court ruling
朴대통령 "통진당 해산결정은 자유민주주의 지킨 역사적결정"
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By Shim Jae-yun

President Park Geun-hye Saturday praised a Constitutional Court's ruling for the dissolution of the leftist Unified Progressive Party (UPP) for upholding pro-North Korea views and posing a threat to democracy.

"President Park said the ruling will strongly protect liberal democracy in the nation," said Yoon Doo-hyun, senior presidential secretary for public relations, Saturday.

"The basic principle of democracy is possible only on the basis of constitutional values. It is right to dissolve the party because it has undermined the values," Yoon quoted Park as saying.

The top court ordered the dissolution of the party in an 8-1 vote Friday, saying that the party's principles and activities violated South Korea's "basic democratic order."

Nation divided over disbanding of leftist party
Nation divided over disbanding of leftist party
2014-12-21 17:07  |  National

With the first dissolution of a party by means of the Constitutional Court, established in 1988, five UPP lawmakers lost their seats in the 300-member National Assembly. By-elections to fill these will be held in April.

The court ruling is expected to deepen ideological divisions within the nation with parties now at loggerheads over the dissolution, and the stripping of seats from lawmakers.

Park has recently been moving to solidify her conservative support base.

Last week she criticized Korean-American Shin Eun-mi for praising North Korea during a public forum.

"It is problematic to exaggerate and perversely advertise the situation in North Korea based on a person's limited experience," Park told senior secretaries on Dec. 15.

Strong criticism of the decision came from inside North Korea.

"It is a crime against humanity to forcibly disband a legitimate political party," said the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, a North Korean Workers' Party organization that handles inter-Korean affairs in a statement.

"It is equivalent to challenging humanity, civilization and universal human rights."




朴대통령 "통진당 해산결정은 자유민주주의 지킨 역사적결정"

박근혜 대통령은 20일 헌법재판소의 전날 통합진보당 해산 결정에 대해 '자유민주주의를 확고하게 지켜낸 역사적 결정'이라고 평가했다고 윤두현 홍보수석이 말했다. 

윤 수석은 이날 기자들과 만나 이러한 박 대통령의 입장을 전했다. 청와대는 통진당 해산과 소속 의원 5명의 의원직 박탈에 대해 공식입장을 내지 않은 대신 이날 박 대통령의 평가를 전하는 것으로 청와대 입장을 사실상 대신했다.

앞서 박 대통령은 지난 15일 수석비서관회의에서도 재미동포 신은미씨의 '종북 콘서트' 논란을 겨냥해 '자신의 일부 편향된 경험을 북한의 실상인양 왜곡·과장하면서 문제가 되고 있다'고 비판한 바 있다.

청와대 내부적으로도 헌재의 이번 결정이 '헌법적 가치를 지키는게 민주주의의 기본 원칙이고 이를 훼손한 정당에 대해 해산 결정을 한 것은 당연하고 적절한 판단을 내린 것으로 본다'며 '이 조치로 인해 우리 민주주의가 한층 성숙될 것'이라는 반응이 대체적인 기류다. (연합뉴스)
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