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Justices, PM at odds over constitutional revision
By Park Si-soo
Ongoing debates among politicians over the need for a comprehensive revision of the 24-year-old Constitution has driven a wedge between the Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and the bench of the Constitutional Court.
Nine justices of the court vented their frustration by unilaterally canceling a banquet with Prime Minister Kim, planned for this past Tuesday. Even President Lee Kang-kook of the court decided not to accept the invitation, court officials said.
They rejected the dinner in protest of the Prime Minister’s remarks supportive of the revision of the Constitution that would lead to the reevaluation of the role of the Constitutional Court.