On the afternoon of the 7th, in front of the Supreme Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, there is a Geunjo Wreath urging the resignation of Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo. yunhap news
Opposition to Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo and pressure from conservative groups to resign are increasing one after another. The point of criticism of Chief Justice Kim was related to the process of expressing his appreciation by Deputy Chief Judge Im Seong-geun of the Busan High Court, who was the subject of the first judge’s impeachment trial in history. He said he made a false explanation about the contents. As important as each one seems, the central point of the accusations against him is that he is not entitled to the Supreme Court.
The problem is that there is no sharp solution to the situation. As the head of the judiciary has suffered a great blow to his leadership, some have been discussing voluntary resignation, but the observation that it is unlikely to be the final option for Chief Justice Kim is prevailing. There is even a prospect that the entire court will be forced to suffer for the time being.
According to the Supreme Court on the 7th, Chief Justice Kim continued the’silent mode’ while staying at the mission for the weekend without a special outside schedule or expression of position. On the day the transcript with Judge Lim was released, the last two expressions of apology did not come out. Even when opposition lawmakers visited the protest on the 5th, they were asked to “resign themselves”, but it was reported that they only responded to the effect of “I will do well in the future”.
Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo leaves work at the Supreme Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th. Chief Justice Kim apologized for the controversy over false clarifications in relation to the transcripts released by Busan High Court Chief Judge Im Seong-geun. News 1
However, the request for the resignation of Supreme Court Chief Kim has not subsided. The civic group Barun Social Movement Association issued a statement that day and called for his resignation, saying, “The chief of the Supreme Court lying in front of the people is a shame of the constitutional man.” At the entrance of the Supreme Court building in Seocho-gu, Seoul, more than 50 garlands were placed in the meaning of criticizing Supreme Court Chief Kim.
However, it is an evaluation inside and outside the court that there is practically no possibility that Supreme Court Chief Kim will choose a card called’voluntary resignation’. When the recording file was released nine months ago, it turned out to be true that he referred to’impeachment’ at the time, but it is hard to argue that the Supreme Court did not commit a demeanor enough to decide to take over. A lawyer in Seocho-dong said, “It is difficult to conclude that there was an illegal act of the Supreme Court.” “The chief defendant Yang Seung-tae, the key defendant in the Judicial Nongdan incident, also retired after his term of office.
Rather, the possibility of a more specific clarification or a more sincere apology is being discussed. From the standpoint of Chief Justice Kim, it is a’front breakthrough’. However, an official at the Supreme Court drew a line saying, “I know that such a plan has not yet been discussed.” However, if the other suspicion asserted by Judge Im, other than the part revealed by the disclosure of the recorded file, is revealed to be true, the circumstances may change. For example, there were additional suspicions that Supreme Court President Kim asked for a’National Assembly lobby’ at the time of the nomination of the candidate in 2017, but the Supreme Court was known as a position that “the facts have not been confirmed.”
Lim Seong-geun, chief judge of the Busan High Court, is having a meeting with the Seoul detention center guards as the chief criminal judge of the Seoul Central District Court in 2014. Newsis
Until the Constitutional Court decides whether to impeach the Impeachment Chief Justice, they may avoid head-to-head response and go to the lookout. A lawyer who used to be a judge predicted, “If I follow the style of Supreme Court Chief Kim, I will look at the direction of public opinion rather than overcoming the crisis.” Another lawyer also said, “Rather than the opposition’s request for resignation, the position of liberal civic groups such as the National Judge Delegation Meeting and the Participation Solidarity will influence the choice of Chief Justice Kim.”
We cannot rule out the possibility of preparing a’reformation plan related to judicial reform’ to reverse the atmosphere. However, there may be criticisms about’doing to turn individual problems into organizational problems’, and as the deputy head of the Court Administration Department and the head of the Planning and Coordination Office will be replaced on the 9th, it will not be easy to prepare countermeasures.
Hyunjoo Lee reporter [email protected]
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