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SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who returned to his home country earlier this month, on Tuesday proposed a constitutional amendment before the South Korean presidential election expected to be held earlier than scheduled.
Ban told a press conference at his office in Seoul that he offers to push the constitutional revision before the presidential election by forming a consultative body, comprising representatives from all political parties and factions.
The former UN head, whose second, five-year term terminated at the end of last year, arrived in South Korea on Jan. 12.
He has not officially declared his run for the presidency, but he has been regarded as the best hope in the conservative bloc as support for the ruling Saenuri Party sank with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
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