President Park Geun-hye will not attend a Cabinet meeting this week, a source at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Monday, indicating she opted to stay low-key after prosecutors listed her as a suspect in a high-profile corruption case involving her confidante.
Since last week, Park had been considering presiding over the weekly meeting of Cabinet ministers. But she decided not to, as the prosecution on Sunday booked her as an "accomplice" in the criminal case surrounding her friend Choi Soon-sil and key former aides.
Tuesday's Cabinet meeting will be presided over by Yoo Il-ho, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, who doubles as finance minister, the source told Yonhap News Agency over the phone, declining to be identified.
Sunday's announcement on the interim results of the prosecutorial probe in the case has further infuriated citizens, who have been calling for Park's resignation through street rallies across the nation, and spurred political discussions for her impeachment. (Yonhap)
