The trial that decides the fate of South Korean President Park Geun hye

Impeached President Park Geun hye has announced that she will not attend the Constitutional Court's final impeachment hearing.

As scheduled, today (February 27), the Constitutional Court of South Korea will hold the final impeachment hearing against President Park Geun Hye in relation to the corruption scandal that is rocking the country's politics. However, impeached President Park Geun Hye announced that she will not attend the trial, which is expected to decide the fate and future of her administration.

Marchers said they hoped for a wise ruling from the Constitutional Court of South Korea. (Photo: AP)

Yonhap news agency quoted a lawyer defending South Korean President Park Geun hye as saying that the leader will not appear at the Constitutional Court's final impeachment hearing.

Previously, the Constitutional Court of South Korea stated that regardless of whether Ms. Park Geun Hye attended or not, the trial would still take place as scheduled. Currently, the Constitutional Court is reviewing the legality of the South Korean National Assembly's vote late last year to impeach President Park Geun Hye.

A day before the trial, hundreds of thousands of people from both sides, supporters and opponents, continued to take to the streets in Seoul. The local government had to mobilize tens of thousands of riot police to suppress the case. The marchers said they hoped for a wise ruling from the Constitutional Court of Korea.

“I joined the protest because today marks the fourth anniversary of President Park Geun-hye coming to power. This is a meaningful day. I hope that the judges of the Constitutional Court will listen to the legitimate wishes of the people and make the most correct decision.”

“I am here today to contribute my voice, to see how the Constitutional Court carries out its responsibility of justice. I hope that the country will soon end the current period so that people can live a better life,” said the marchers.

If the Constitutional Court of South Korea upholds the impeachment with the agreement of at least six of the nine judges, Park Geun-hye will be officially removed from office, marking the first time in South Korean political history that a President has to leave the Blue House before the end of his term. At that time, the South Korean interim government has 60 days to organize a new election.

The storm began to rise in Korean politics and directly hit the “hot seat” of President Park Geun hye after a serious corruption scandal was exposed. President Park Geun hye was accused of letting her close friend, Ms. Choi Soon-sil, manipulate and interfere too deeply in the affairs of the State and colluded with her in many scandalous business deals.

These problems have pushed the administration of President Park Geun-hye to the brink of collapse, destroying the political legacy that her administration is pursuing. And it is also from this earthquake that has pushed Asia's fourth largest economy into a state of crisis and chaos.

Observers say that with what is happening in South Korea, President Park Geun-hye has almost no hope of saving the situation. More worryingly, the trust of the South Korean people in their leaders has never been as severely eroded as it is now.

Although President Park Geun Hye's administration has repeatedly bowed its head in apology and asked to correct its mistakes, it still cannot calm the wave of anger that seems to have built up and then erupted to the current climax among the people of the Land of Kimchi.

According to VOV