[단독] Supreme Court “impeachment is the power of the National Assembly and Constitutional Constitution”

Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo is leaving after President Moon Jae-in’s rectification speech at the main assembly hall of the National Assembly on October 28 last year. The Supreme Court announced on the 2nd that “impeachment of judges is the authority of the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court” regarding the pursuit of impeachment of the political powers against Judge Lim Seong-geun. Reporter Oh Jong-taek

The Supreme Court delivered an opinion to the National Assembly on the 2nd, stating that “impeachment of judges is the authority of the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court” regarding the movement of the politics to impeach the head of the Busan High Court.

According to an answer submitted by the Office of the People’s Strength Kim Do-eup, an opposition party secretary of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee, the Supreme Court said, “The National Assembly and the Constitutional Court have authority over the impeachment proceedings, and it is not appropriate for the Supreme Court to state its position.” The Supreme Court added, “We are seriously aware of the current situation in which discussions to promote impeachment against judges are underway.”

The previous day, together with the Democratic Party, Justice Party, Open Democratic Party, and Basic Income Party, 161 members of the Beomjinbo camp initiated an impeachment prosecution against Judge Im. The number of legislators named on the impeachment bill exceeded the quorum (151) for passing the National Assembly.

The reason for the impeachment prosecution was the suspicion that the former President Park Geun-hye intervened in the trial of former Seoul bureau chief Tatsuya Kato, Sankei Shimbun, who was accused of defaming the “Seven Hours of the Sewol”. Judge Lim was acquitted at the first trial, but the sentence contained the expression “(Judge Im’s) involvement in the trial is unconstitutional.” The Democratic Party argues that “unconstitutionality has been recognized.”

This is the first time in the history of the constitution that the National Assembly proposed impeachment proceedings against a first-line judge, not a Supreme Judge. Regarding the official position of the Supreme Court, which emerged from this situation, the opposition party criticized “the Supreme Court is consistent with a passive response because it tamed the judiciary of passports.”

Rep. Kim Do-eup said, “The impeachment of judges is likely to be abused to make judgments against the government or the ruling party or to oppress judges who do not suit their tastes. It is also a problem that the Supreme Court, which has to deal with the infringement of jurisdiction, is bystander .

The power of the people Yoo Seung-min said on Facebook the day before, “As the court convictions of the Moon Jae-in regime’s illegal acts followed, the Democratic Party took action against the impeachment of judges.” “The division of powers, the foundation of the Democratic Republic, collapsed. Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo, the head of the judiciary, criticized, “Where are you hiding?”

Judge Lim posted a post on Courtnet, an internal network of the court the day before, saying, “The attempt to impose a bridle of impeachment on the basis of only a part of the judgment of the first trial without confirmation of factual relations leads to suspicion of the impure intention to undermine the entire judge beyond a specific individual. I will do it.”

Reporters Il-hoon Hyun and Guk-hee Son [email protected]