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| ▲ In addition, Democratic Party Representative Nak-yeon Lee and House Representative Kim Tae-nyeon enter the Supreme Council Meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 27th. | |
| Ⓒ Nam So-yeon |
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In addition, the Democratic Party is promoting the impeachment of judges four years after the case of the Judicial Nongdan case was revealed. Rep. Lee Tan-hee (Yongin-jeong, Gyeonggi-do), who has led the discussion, is planning to initiate a prosecution for impeachment of Judge Seong-geun Lim who intervened in the ‘7-hour trial of the Sewol ferry’ as early as 29th.
On the 28th, the Democratic Party leadership held a closed general meeting of members to discuss the impeachment of the judges of the Judicial Nongdan and finally decided to allow the impeachment proceeding. House representative Kim Tae-nyeon said to the reporters that “after the proposal, we will process it according to the procedure of the National Assembly Act,” and “we do not set the original party argument. We will continue to promote it among the members of the lawmakers who have been promoting it.”
Although it was not set as a’party argument’, it is in fact that the party is pursuing impeachment of judges as close to 100 members of the lawmaker participated in the proposal for impeachment of judges. Since the Democratic Party alone has 174 seats and the number of seats for a penal passport exceeds 180, the quorum of votes (150 or more) can be sufficiently exceeded unless there is a massive departure.
In fact, Nak-yeon Lee and Tae-yeon Kim, representatives of the hospital, have not been actively involved in this matter. However, on the previous day, when an overwhelming opinion came out at the Congress, the Democratic Party’s leadership held a closed supreme committee on the morning of the 28th to reorganize related issues. Rep. Lee Tan-hee attended this event and repeatedly insisted on the necessity of impeaching the judge of the Judicial Nongdan.
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| ▲ Lee Tan-hee and Democratic Party member. The photo shows a reporter answering a questionnaire after a press conference proposing “impeachment of a judge of the Judiciary Nongdan” with members of the Open Democratic Party, Ryu Ho-jung Justice Party, and Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the morning of the 22nd. | |
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An official from the Democratic Party’s leadership said in a phone call with “I checked the atmosphere,” and said, “There are various risks, but it is difficult not to (impeach the judges) because there are 100 lawmakers (participating) and the cause is clear. “You have to do one at the dimension,” he said. Another official also said, “The atmosphere of the lawmakers is’Let’s fulfill the responsibilities of the National Assembly, so I think we will go according to that trend.”
The atmosphere in the afternoon was no different from the previous day. Rep. Song Young-gil and Hong Young-pyo, who have already expressed their support, emphasized the necessity and legitimacy of impeachment of judges once again. Representatives Min Hyung-bae, Go Young-in, Lee Yong-woo, and Chung Cheong-rae also spoke in favor. On the 22nd, the number of participating lawmakers increased from 107 when Lee Tan-hee proposed the first impeachment proposal to 111. Rep. Park Chan-dae and Shin Jung-hoon also posted a post on Facebook to express their opinions in favor of the congress.
Eventually, the leadership of the Democratic Party decided to follow the’trend’. After the decision was made public, Lee Nak-yeon told reporters, “After various judgments, Kim Tae-nyeon made a suggestion that it would be better to allow the (impeachment proposal), and I agreed,” and “I will respect the judgments of the lawmakers.” said.
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Rep. Lee Tan-hee plans to initiate a prosecution for impeachment of Judge Im Seong-geun as soon as he finishes filling the 100 quorum.
Originally, Rep. Lee was convicted of defamation of President Park Geun-hye at the order of Judge Seong-geun Lim. <산케이신문> Judge Lee Dong-geun, who revised the judgment in the case of the Seoul Bureau chief, also pursued impeachment. However, on that day, his resignation was accepted, and only Judge Seong-geun Lim was prosecuted as an intervening agent. Mann decided to proceed with the impeachment prosecution.
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| ▲ On October 23, 2012, Seong-geun Lim, then a standing member of the Supreme Court’s Suspension Committee, answers inquiries at the Supreme Court’s State Administration Audit of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Council held at the Supreme Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul. | |
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When Rep. Lee Tan-hee and others propose a prosecution for impeachment of the judge, the ballot will be entered within 72 hours after 24 hours of the proposal being reported to the plenary session. If the result of the anonymous vote exceeds 150 votes, the first judge’s impeachment trial in the history of the Korean constitution begins at the Constitutional Court.
However, in the case of Judge Seong-geun Lim, the term of office ends on February 28 due to the disapproval of reappointment, so there is a high possibility that the issue of whether it is actually a’dismissible position’. According to the National Assembly Act and the Constitutional Court Act, the person subject to a resolution for impeachment prosecution is suspended until the Constitutional Court concludes, and the appointing authority cannot accept his resignation or dismiss him. Some interpret the status of the impeachment prosecution as a form of suspension of work even after the term expires, and it is also interpreted that it should be viewed as an incumbent status before the constitutional decision is made.