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| ▲ In addition, Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee held a press conference with the 4.16 Family Council and the 4.16 Family Solidarity in front of the fountain of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 23rd, and is calling for the impeachment of judges Im Seong-geun and Lee Dong-geun of the judicial nonggregation who interfered with the investigation of the truth of the Sewol ferry. | |
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Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee criticized the media on the 24th, saying, “Please deal with it properly,” over the media that even politically contested the’impeachment of judges of the Judicial Nongdan.’
The day before, he held a press conference with the 4.16 Family Council and the 4.16 Solidarity and announced that he would pursue impeachment proceedings for Judge Im Seong-geun, who intervened in the 7 Hours of the Sewol ferry, and Judge Lee Dong-geun, who changed the judgment at his direction. The court told Judge Seong-geun Lim who was handed over to the trial for this matter, saying,’The charge of abuse of power is innocent, but the intervention itself is unconstitutional.’ Rep. Lee Tan-hee and others argued that the two judges should be held responsible for violating the Constitution due to the impeachment of the two judges (related article: the strange’Sewol 7 Hours’ trial, it turned out that it was a judicial nongdan)
However, unfortunately, on the afternoon of the press conference, the first trial decision was issued by Cho Kook-shim, former Minister of Justice’s spouse, Dongyang University professor Chung Kyung-shim. On one side, the criticism of the ruling and lawmaker Lee Tan-hee’s allegations of impeachment of a judge were combined and evaluated as’the Democratic Party shakes even the independence of the judiciary’. In addition to the criticism of the court of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong of the same party Rep. Park Yong-jin, there was an article saying, “It sent a warning signal to the judges to’make a judgment on the taste of the government and ruling party’.”
On the 24th, Rep. Lee Tan-hee expressed her frustration through a Facebook post. He emphasized that “the impeachment of the’Judge Nongdan’ and the evaluation of the’Judge’s Judgment’ are separate.” “You may not have already forgotten the’trial deal’ that caused blood tears in the eyes of the victims of compulsory conscription, the KTX crew, and the family of the Sewol ferry. If you have not forgotten their blood tears, the impeachment of the judges will be promoted for partisan purposes. You shouldn’t dismiss it as’work.’
Rep. Lee added, “The judicial nongdan and the judicial transaction are too important to be consumed in such a way.” He also said, “After waiting for half a year after the formation of the 21st National Assembly, the actual victims of the judicial transaction came out themselves,” he said. “I have been calling for the impeachment of the judges every day since May 2019, when the judicial discipline was canceled.”