blogging it real

The Uri Party had a comfortable win in the elections which is good. Now perhaps Noh Moo hyun* can sneak back into power if he gets through the trial and then he will actually have the backing of parliament to pass some ruddy laws. Before the election he was impotent as the majority GNP party stifled his moves. it was a lot like Clinton v a Republican dominated congress of a few years back.

Noh came out and publicly said that he hoped the Uri Party won enough seats at the election so he could actually do something useful. But that was illegal and as a result the GNP party called for his impeachment and after it went to a vote he was impeachererered.

You can read all about the election here if you wish.

Korea also operates under the same system as we have in NZ. People vote for the party and also for a local representative. Although it's a 243/56 split compared to the 60/60 split in NZ.

But when you have 48 million people versus 4 million you probably need a few more regionally selected representatives now don't you?

* he often gets called Roh Moo hyun in the media because Noh sounds like no in english which has negative connotations. A bit ridiculous really when that's how his name is pronounced.

I should also add that in Korean the surname comes first so Moo hyun is his christian name....but I'm not sure if he is a christian or not :)