[정치]People’s Power “One-man protest until Kim Myung-soo resigns”…Resistant Democratic Party issue

[앵커]

The power of the people started a one-man protest urging the resignation of Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo, who had a controversy over’declaring falsehood’.

The Democratic Party is refraining from official reaction and is focusing on preventing the spread of controversy.

We will connect reporters to find out more details. Reporter Han Yeon-hee!

The power of the people, today again, you are pressing for the resignation of Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo?

[기자]

Yes, it is.

The power of the people, who turned their position from impeachment to voluntary resignation, started a relay one-man demonstration.

Ho-young Joo visited the Supreme Court early in the morning.

Chief Justice Joo urged Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo to resign, saying that there should be no more days left for the Supreme Court, who had shaken and destroyed the independence of the judiciary.

At the same time, he said that he would continue the one-man relay demonstration until Chief Justice Kim resigns.

On the outside, it looks like it raises the pressure level, but the inside is complicated.

In fact, if Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo resigns, the Moon Jae-in government must appoint a new Chief Justice of the six-year term.

In this case, the term of office of the new Supreme Court will continue until 2027, allowing him to continue to exert influence in the next regime.

First of all, Kim Jong-in, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee, dismissed such concerns that there is no need to worry.

Still, he is controlling the level of the offensive while refraining from directly mentioning his resignation.

Let’s listen to it yourself.

[김종인 / 국민의힘 비상대책위원장 : 그것은 별로 우리가 생각할 필요가 없다고 생각해요.” “양심보다 더 지독한 증인이 없어요. 대법원장이 그것에 대해서는 굉장히 명심해야 할 필요가 있다고 생각하는데….]

[앵커]

The Democratic Party is focusing on stopping the spread of controversy while refraining from further responses?

[기자]

The Democratic Party, which is aware of the concerns of the people’s power, refrains from responding to officials and is focusing only on preventing the spread of controversy.

Chief spokesperson Choi In-ho only briefly mentioned the one-man protest of the people’s strength as part of advocating for the judicial Nongdan.

Let’s listen to it yourself.

[최인호 /더불어민주당 수석대변인 : 지금 국민의힘의 1인 시위, 이런 것들은 사법농단에 대한 옹호의 일환일 뿐이라는 생각을 하고 있습니다.]

Here, he reiterated his existing position in advocating for Supreme Court Chief Kim, saying that if the resignation had been accepted for the personal honor of the judge who will be impeached, it would have been an act against the public opinion and eventually undermining the authority of the judiciary.

The Democratic Party has a policy that it will not respond further.

First of all, it seems that the judiciary will keep a close eye on changes in public opinion, saying it is a matter to be addressed.

[앵커]

Inquiries to the government are also ongoing.

Are you continuing the offensive on the power of the people?

[기자]

Today, the last day of the government inquiry, the National Assembly has been asking questions about education, society, and culture from 2 pm.

Rep. Park Sung-joong, who was the first inquiries about the power of the people, said that the Moon Jae-in administration, which promised a country that had never been experienced, had impeached a judge for the first time in its constitution.

He also pointed out that the lie of Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo was heard in this regard.

Rep. Park mentioned that in this process, even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was in a situation where the president was beating his head.

In response, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun strongly confronted this, and there was also a brief war.

Let’s see it for yourself.

[박성중 / 국민의힘 의원 : 이제는 대법원장마저 대통령께 머리를 조아리는 상황이 됐습니다. 김명수 대법원장, 탄핵 당하기 전에 스스로 물러나야 한다고 생각하는데 어떻게 생각하십니까?]

[정세균 / 국무총리 : 누가 머리를 조아립니까? (판단은 국민이 할 겁니다.) 지금이 조선왕조 시대입니까? 지금 이 국회에서 그런 식으로 말씀하지 마세요.]

In addition, the power of the people raised the level of the offensive by addressing the government’s real estate situation and the Democratic Party’s theory of responsibility for elections by the Seoul and Busan mayors.

Unlike the people’s power to focus on highlighting the situation, the Democratic Party has focused on inquiries related to corona response.

We are continuing inquiries about the corona vaccine supply plan, countermeasures against fake news related to vaccines, and non-face-to-face education plans due to corona.

The Democratic Party is also planning to urge system improvement to cope with child abuse in relation to the’Jung Ini case’.

Along with this, some pointed out that Hak Kim should look into the suspicion of an insolvent investigation of the sexual crimes of the former Vice Minister of Justice.

In response to the criticism of the women’s former lawmaker Jung Chun-sook that investigating only the procedure for the’unlawful departure ban’ against former Vice Minister Kim is the selective justice of the prosecution,

Justice Minister Park Beom-gye replied that the investigation of the prosecution team, which was blinded to the truth and the police’s insolvency on the alleged sex offense, said that looking into the real justice aspect is a balanced procedure, citing the possibility of an investigation.

This is YTN Han Yeon-hee at the National Assembly.