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South Korea: A President Calls for a New Constitution
Published 1 week, 5 days ago
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President Lee Jae Myung called for a national conversation about rewriting the constitution. On October 16 in Busan, at a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Buma democratic uprising, he called for the Buma uprising and the Gwangju democratisation movement to be recognised in the preamble. He asked the National Assembly to gather public opinion and hold discussions, and changing the constitution requires broad political agreement and a supermajority.