Seoul — South Korean legislators introduced a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye over influence-peddling allegations, completing the last procedural step towards deciding her fate in a vote on Friday.The 40-page measure, accusing Park of bribery, abuse of power and violating her constitutional duties, was brought before the National Assembly at 2.45pm on Thursday afternoon. Parliament now has at least 24 hours to review the motion before it goes to a vote. Earlier, the two main opposition parties had collected resignation letters from their members, and vowed to offer them en masse if the impeachment attempt failed. The move was aimed at pressuring members of the ruling Saenuri Party to follow suit, People’s Party spokesman Son Kum-ju said. Democratic Party of Korea leader Choo Mi-ae said in a tweet that the letter’s signatories would "offer to resign to take political responsibility after failing to uphold the people’s will to impeach" the president. The motion was endorsed ...
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