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The National Assembly passed a bill of impeachment proceedings against the head judge of the Busan High Court, Lim Seong-geun, who was involved in the Judicial Nongdan. This is the first time in the history of an incumbent judge’s impeachment. The final decision of the Constitutional Court decides whether to impeach Im. At the plenary session of the National Assembly held on the afternoon of the 4th, the impeachment prosecution was passed with 288 re-seats, 179 votes in favor, 102 votes against, 3 abstentions and 4 no votes. Prior to the vote, Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee said in the explanation of the proposal for the impeachment prosecution, “Judges should not be punished even if they violate the Constitution, and the common people must break the wrong vicious cycle, returning to the public office while enjoying the full privilege of unimaginable fees.” He said, “Please approve it with an overwhelming vote.”
There is tension in the Supreme Court in Seocho-dong on the 3rd amidst the discussions on impeachment of the Busan High Court chief judge Im Seong-geun, who was involved in the Judicial Nongdan during the days of Supreme Court Chief Yang Seung-tae. yunhap news
Earlier on the 1st, members of the four political parties, including Democratic Party Lee Tan-hee, Justice Party Ryu Ho-jeong, Open Democratic Party member Kang Min-jeong, and Basic Income Party lawmaker Yong Hye-in, visited the Office of the National Assembly and submitted a proposal for impeachment of Judge Im. In the impeachment prosecution, 161 members of the National Assembly were named. The Democratic Party decided to leave the congressmen to vote for free, but all the leadership, including Nak-yeon Lee and Tae-yeon Kim, were named. De facto regarded as a partydone. At the general meeting of the lawmakers held prior to the plenary session that day, Kim Tae-nyeon pointed out several times that it was unconstitutional, even inside the court. He ordered that the National Assembly, which is the only agency capable of impeachment proceedings against judges who explicitly violate the constitution, can fulfill their responsibilities.”
Senior Judge Im Seong-geun. yunhap news
Deputy Judge Lim said to Deputy Judge Lee Dong-geun, the presiding judge of the Seoul Central District Court, ahead of a defamation trial of former Japanese Seoul branch director Tatsuya Kato, who raised the suspicion of the seven hours of the Sewol ferry in December 2015 in connection with the then-president Park Geun-hye. Please report the contents of the judgment before the sentence,” he said and intervened in writing the judgment. At the first trial, he was convicted of abuse of authority, but the judge said that’the act of a judge is a violation of the constitution’. By Kim Won-cheol, staff reporter [email protected]