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韓国、国民投票12月実施へ
韓国の盧武鉉大統領は13日の施政方針演説で、自らの信任を問う国民投票を12月15日に実施すると発表した。不信任なら、来年2月に大統領を辞任することになる。
South Korea's Roh says he may quit after proposed referendum
SEOUL (AP) - After just eight months on the job, President Roh Moo Hyun stunned South Koreans Oct. 13 by proposing a December referendum to gauge public trust in him and promising to resign if he fares poorly.
Roh's high-stakes gamble - virtually unprecedented in South Korean politics - caught even the president's opponents off guard.
Roh himself said the referendum would likely generate political chaos at a time when he is trying to revive the economy and resolve a standoff over North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.
But in a speech to the South Korean National Assembly, Roh said he needed a new mandate because corruption scandals involving his aides were paralyzing his government.
He was referring particularly to an ongoing investigation into an allegation that Choi Do Sool, a longtime Roh aide, received $956,000 (¥104 million) in bribes from SK Group, South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, shortly after Roh won the presidential election. Two opposition lawmakers are also under investigation in the scandal.
The bold call for a referendum dramatized Roh's maverick leadership style. The 57-year-old former human rights lawyer has often relied on populist initiatives to overcome political fixes.
Roh said he wants to hold the referendum about Dec. 15 so that a presidential election could take place at the same time as April parliamentary elections if the vote goes against him.
The main opposition Grand National Party described Roh's proposal as a "political plot" ahead of the parliamentary elections, calculated to get voters to rally around him.
"Isn't Roh's announcement a calculated political plot aimed at patching up corruption involving his close aides and overcoming the crisis he faces?" the party said in a statement.
Shukan ST: Oct. 24, 2003
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- Roh(Moo Hyun)
- 盧武鉉
- proposed referendum
- 提案されている国民投票
- stunned
- 驚かせた
- gauge public trust
- 国民の信任を問う
- fares poorly
- 支持を得られない
- high-stakes gamble
- 一か八かの賭け
- virtually unprecedented
- 事実上、前例のない
- caught 〜 off guard
- 〜の意表を突いた
- generate political chaos
- 政治的混乱を招く
- resolve a standoff
- こう着状態を打開する
- National Assembly
- 国会
- mandate
- 信任
- corruption scandals
- 汚職疑惑
- were paralyzing
- まひさせていた
- allegation
- 疑惑
- Choi Do Sool
- 崔導述
- in bribes
- わいろとして
- conglomerate
- 複合企業
- bold call
- 大胆な要請
- dramatized
- 浮き彫りにした
- maverick
- 無党派の
- populist initiatives
- 大衆向けの発議
- fixes
- 苦境
- parliamentary elections
- 議会選挙
- if the vote goes against him
- 投票で不信任となった場合
- Grand National Party
- ハンナラ党
- plot
- 策略
- calculated to get voters to rally around him
- 有権者が味方につくよう計算された
- patching up
- 繕う