President Noh’s finding it difficult to find love anywhere. Today, the Korean Teachers’ Union - a much despised group here at The Marmot’s Hole - said that it will oppose giving the President a vote of confidence unless he comes out in support of an [its] educational reform policy. Meanwhile, the Citizens’ Action to Oppose the Dispatch of Forces to Iraq - composed of 370 citizens’ groups, many of which we all know and love from the usual protest crowd - held a demonstration and a press conference in which they announced that they intend to link the confidence vote to Iraq. Said a spokesman for the group:
For President Noh to meet with representatives from citizens groups on the 17th and agree that the “national interests debate” is a fabrication and that there is a danger of terrorism, only to go out the next day and agree to send troops is an admission by the “participatory government” of its own injustice and its submission to the United States.
Of course, one’s sympathy for the President runs only so deep - Noh did get elected, after all, in large part by by pandering to groups such as these, and if he now has political debts that are impossible to pay back, he has no one to blame for that other than himself.
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The pinks can’t be that stupid. Surely they know that, if they cut Roh off at the knees, the next president will probably come from the GNP.
Why is Noh fooling around with this vote of confidence, anyway? If he is so unsure of himself as President, why doesn’t he simply resign? Or is there some catch in South Korea’s constitution that prevents this?
Andy, Koreans are not known for their moderation or common sense. The pinks will continue FULL BLAST until the GNP is elected and then slams them all in jail for sedition because seditious is just what they are. They were illegal until 1999 for a reason but I do sense the tide in South Korea turning. Trade with America butters the bread of Koreans, not xenophobia, and the majority knows it. They are hurting economically and know that last year’s events are largely responsible for it. If Koreans learned anything from last year’s hate fest is that actions have consequences.