Tuesday, September 30, 2003
LAME DUCK QUACKING? ROH MOO-HYUN MAKES IT OFFICIAL: HE LEAVES THE MDP.
President Roh Moo-hyun yesterday officially resigned from the Millennium Democratic Party.
"My affiliation with the ruling party has been a matter of political dispute. I do not want it to be the subject of a controversy and decided to leave the party,” the Blue House spokesman Yoon Tai-young quoted Mr. Roh as saying before he sent his resignation letter. Mr. Yoon said the president would devote himself to economic recovery and other important affairs of state.
Mr. Yoon also said Mr. Roh will probably not decide on his ultimate party affiliation until the end of the year, when the National Assembly’s regular session ends. “Mr. Roh will decide his next step later,” he said.
