News Story: Scores of S.Korean ruling party lawmakers agree to disband party over scandal

Park Geun-hye (Image: Wiki Commons)

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Scores of South Korean ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers agreed Sunday to disband their party following the largest mass rally in three decades the previous night to demand President Park Geun-hye's resignation.

About 80 Saenuri lawmakers, including members of the non-President Park faction within the governing party, held an emergency meeting, issuing a statement to declare "Saenuri Party already ended its days."

They decided to push the dissolution of their party to take responsibility for the scandal involving President Park's decades-long confidante Choi Soon-sil suspected of meddling in state affairs from the shadows, according to local media reports.

The legislators urged the scandal-hit president to put down everything, indicating their demand for Park's resignation.

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