[사회]First attack on impeachment of Im Seong-geun…”Severe Constitutional Violation” vs “No Use”

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The Constitutional Court proceeded with the preparation of the first pleading against former Deputy Judge Im Seong-geun, who was impeached for the first time as a judge because of his involvement in the case of’Justice Nongdan’.

Former Vice-President Judge Lim held the claim that there was no real interest in making a judgment after the term of office has already ended, but the National Assembly confronted that impeachment should be cited even in the defense of the Constitution.

Reporter Na Hye-in reports.

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Former Deputy Judge Im Seong-geun is being tried at an appeals trial for intervening in a trial related to the so-called’Sewol 7 Hours’ as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Yang Seung-tae.

49 days after being impeached by the National Assembly for the first time as an incumbent judge, the first trial proceeded at the Constitutional Court.

None of the prosecution members, including the chairman of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Commission, who requested the impeachment trial, and the former vice-president Lim, the party, were not present, and only representatives were present.

It was a preparatory process to discuss the method of submitting evidence and arguing, but the battles on both sides were fierce.

The National Assembly emphasized that the involvement of former vice-president Judge Lim as an act that clearly contradicts the constitutional national sovereignty and independence of judges.

At the same time, he insisted that even if he retired after his term of office last month, in order to protect the constitutional order, judgment on the case of impeachment should be made.

[송두환 / 국회 측 대리인 : 사법권 행사를 하는 데 있어서 어떤 행위는 해야 하고, 어떤 행위는 하면 안 되는가, 이런 것들의 경계선을 좀 더 분명하게 하는 그런 계기가 됐으면….]

On the other hand, the former Deputy Judge Im confronted that there was no real interest in continuing the impeachment trial against the retired judge, and that some reasons for impeachment were already disciplinary in the past, and that it would be contrary to the Constitution.

He refuted that the allegations of intervening in the trial were not only given an opinion as a senior judge, but were not instructed or forced to the court, and that it was not a serious violation of the constitution to the extent of dismissal.

[이동흡 / 임성근 前 부장판사 측 대리인 : 피청구인 적격이 소멸했으니까 각하나 심판을 종료해야 한다는 주장을 하는 거죠. 헌법재판소에서 판단하시겠죠.]

The neurological warfare of both sides continued despite the evidence and the adoption of witnesses.

When former Vice-President Judge Lim raised a question about the submission of a written opinion that the Participation Solidarity should cite the impeachment request, the National Assembly countered that anyone could express their opinions in any exercise of power.

In response to the National Assembly’s proposal for a resolution of the National Judges’ Delegation as one of the grounds for the impeachment prosecution, Judge Lim argued that certain judges may have been unilaterally led, and insisted that the ratio of executives and members of a specific research group should be weighed.

Former Vice-President Judge Lim’s side was rejected last month after requesting a refusal of the Constitutional Judge Lee Seok-tae, the head judge for the impeachment trial, saying that it is difficult to expect a fair judgment because he served as the chairman of the Sewol ferry disaster special investigation committee in the past.

The Constitutional Court, having arranged the positions and issues of both sides at the date of the first preparation procedure, decided to proceed with the formal pleadings as soon as the list of additional evidence, including the criminal trial records of the former chief judge Lim, is organized.

This is YTN Na Hye-in.

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