In addition, the Democratic Party is speeding up the process of impeachment of the head judge of the Busan High Court, Im Seong-geun, who was accused of intervening in a reporter of the Japanese Sankei Shimbun’s “Seven Hours of Sewol”. It is reported that the Democratic Party is planning to vote on the impeachment bill at the plenary session on the 4th when Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee initiates the impeachment bill on the 1st of next month. However, it is not known whether the actual impeachment bill will be cited through the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court. This is because the possibility of the Constitution dismissing the impeachment bill decided by the National Assembly cannot be ruled out, and there are many voices in the party concerned about the political aftermath of the impeachment.
① Initiation of impeachment proposal on the 1st → processing on the 4th
In addition, Democratic Party Lee Tan-hee (from the second right), Open Democratic Party Kang Min-jeong, Basic Income Party legislator Yong Hye-in, and Justice Party lawmaker Ryu Ho-jeong are proposing’Judicial Nongdan Judge Impeachment’ at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 22nd. yunhap news
The first gateway is the National Assembly. The impeachment prosecution goes through the procedure of’consent at least one-third (100) of the registered members → motion → report to the plenary session → vote → resolution (agree with a majority of 151 members). The 174-seat Democratic Party can initiate and vote on prosecutions on its own. It is said that 111 members of the Pan-Passport (100 Democrats) agreed to a proposal to promote impeachment against Judge Lim, and most of the Democratic Party members agreed at the Congressional Assembly held on the 28th. A member of the Democratic Party’s in-house leadership said, “In Eui-Chong, the pros and cons of impeachment were about 8-2.”
In addition, even CEO Lee Nak-yeon, who had maintained a cautious theory at the beginning, said, “If you condone the unconstitutional act of the judge and turn away from the impeachment prosecution, it will lead to abandonment of the National Assembly’s duties. A member of the Democratic Party’s opposition to impeachment also said, “The leadership has expressed a positive position in reality, but if the prosecution is rejected, it will be difficult to hit.”
② The problem is the constitution… Possibility of “Sir” in the legal profession
Seong-geun Lim, Deputy Judge, Busan High Court. yunhap news
The key is after the resolution of the National Assembly. If the National Assembly votes on the impeachment prosecution, the case goes to the Constitutional Court, and if more than six out of nine constitutional judges agree, the impeachment is carried out. In this case, Chief Judge Im cannot register as an attorney for five years, and it becomes impossible to take office in public office. However, it is unclear whether the actual constitution will decide whether to impeach. This is because Judge Lim will retire on the 28th of next month. This is the reason for the claim that the Constitutional Court will make a dismissal decision, saying,’There is no interest in the dismissal of the respondent who has already lost the status of a judge.’ Rep. Kim Hoi-jae, the chairman of the Democratic Party’s legal committee, also recently reportedly expressed his opposition to the impeachment, saying, “If the vice-president Judge Im retired, the constitution is likely to be dismissed.
On the other hand, Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee, who leads the impeachment, is in the position that “the possibility of dismissal is not high.” The current National Assembly Act stipulates that’a person who has received a resolution for impeachment prosecution is suspended from exercising his power, and a person with authority to appoint cannot accept or dismiss an employee.’ This means that if the prosecution proposal is passed, Judge Im will be held as a’judge’, and the constitution can go to the hearing. There are also disagreements. Vice-President Judge Lim does not apply for re-appointment of a judge, which is applied every 10 years under the Constitution, and retires due to the expiration of his term. Since it is not’resignation’ or’dismissal’, the provisions of the National Assembly Act cannot be applied. Hwang Jeong-geun, former Supreme Court Justice Researcher, said, “There is no way to stop the expiration of a judge’s ten-year term during the Constitution’s impeachment trial after the National Assembly’s resolution for impeachment,” he dismissed or dismissed. A Democratic Party lawmaker who was formerly a lawyer also complained, “I don’t know what kind of decision the Constitution will make.”
③ Former leadership, post-impeachment storm’war and affirmation’
In addition, Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 27th. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
The Democratic Party’s biggest concern is the political aftermath. The Democratic Party, which experienced a drop in approval ratings due to the conflict of’Chu Mi-ae and Yoon Seok-yeol’, has recently attempted to change the state of the people’s livelihood with’Bang Min-gyeong (defense, public welfare, economy)’. Representative Lee Nak-yeon pledged to deal with the Loss Compensation Act for the self-employed, while the in-house representative Kim Tae-nyeon promised to deal with pro-business bills such as regulatory reform at an extraordinary National Assembly in February. Ahead of the April elections, the ruling party’s policy measures were mobilized and set out to take the center vote. As a result, the leadership was negative in the impeachment of judges, who could criticize the conservative and middle-aged camps along with the parole. However, the leadership also raised a white flag when the first hard-line lawmakers took a collective action and added the next party leaders, Song Young-gil and Hong Young-pyo. Rep. Han Jung-jin said, “I’ve barely gotten out of the pit of ideological wars such as the Chu-Yun conflict, but I’m getting back into the mud,” he said.
The opposition stipulated the impeachment as’taming the court’ and launched a general offensive. People’s Power Spokesman Bae Joon-young criticized that “if it turns out that it is an impeachment of’a shameful cycle of shame’ or’a tame to lead the court’s code greetings and rulings’, you will have to endure an unbearable national headwind.” Former lawmaker Na Gyeong-won, who was a former judge and candidate for the mayor of Seoul, said, “The impeachment of the judge, now that we are going to completely destroy the Republic of Korea,” and “even the judiciary is going to fall under the power of provincial affairs.”
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