Several parties, including conservatives scrambling to distance themselves from Park, say South Koreans should vote in a new constitution in addition to a new president in early May.
On paper, it seems that the South Korean president domestically has significantly less power than, say, the president of the United States.
This wasn`t the first time South Korean lawmakers tried to remove a president either, although the Constitutional Court reinstated late President Roh Moo-hyun in2004.
The future of the constitution has instantly emerged as a major political topic after the Constitutional Court removed Park on Friday and triggered a two-month presidential race.
A constitutional change would need the support of two-thirds of the 300-seat parliament and then pass a national referendum.
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