The excommunication of the public recording of Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo’s cultivation recording revealed by the Busan High Court Chief Judge Im Seong-geun is spreading as a so-called’impeachment transaction’ suspicion. On May 22, last year, Deputy Chief Justice Seong-geun Lim expressed his appreciation to the Supreme Court two more times, except for an interview with Chief Justice Kim. In the end, the core of the suspicion is whether Supreme Court President Kim rejected the three resignations in order to earn time in line with the impeachment of the passport, including Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee.
Lee Tan-hee and Lee Soo-jin were elected as’impeachment of judges’ → rejected the first resignation
– According to the JoongAng Ilbo coverage on the 7th, Judge Lim first expressed his appreciation in late April of last year, two months after he was involved in the court intervention of the judiciary, Yang Seung-tae, and was acquitted of the first trial.
Deputy Judge Lim was accused of intervening in a case of defamation of former Seoul branch director Tatsuya Kato, who raised suspicions about the actions of former President Park Geun-hye on the day of the sinking of the Sewol ferry, and was acquitted at the first trial in February last year. At the time, Judge Lim expressed his intention to resign before the kidney stone surgery, but was rejected by saying, “Come after surgery.”
Lee Soo-jin and Lee Tan-hee are also members of the Democratic Party. News 1
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In the 4·15 general election, which preceded the 4-15 general election, the Democratic Party candidates Lee Tan-hee and Lee Soo-jin, who were former judges, were elected under the’impeachment of the judges of Judicial Nongdan. Each of the two was a former judge of the Planning and Coordination of the Court Administration and a judge of the Supreme Court.In March 2017, the two became known as “victims and exposers of the Judicial Nongdan case”, and two years later, they were selected as talents for the general election of the ruling party.
After meeting Kim Myung-soo and 文, “I installed it like that to impeach it… ”
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On May 22 last year, after the surgery, Vice-President Lim interviewed Chief Justice Kim and expressed his resignation. At this time, the impeachment statement in question came out. According to the recorded file, Supreme Court Chief Kim said at the time, “Apart from legal matters such as acceptance and submission of resignations, I have to look at various influences and political situations.” “I am installing it like that for impeachment, but if I accept the resignation, what will the National Assembly hear? I said. “If you just fix it today, you can’t talk about impeachment. (Supreme Court Chief) It’s not very appropriate to be accused of that.”
Deputy Judge Lim said, “I was greatly shocked by the fact that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court noticed this politics. At that time, it was just after the 4-15 general election, but the 21st National Assembly members were not formed.” He lamented the situation that the Supreme Court had predicted and noticed this even before the 21st National Assembly had yet to discuss impeachment of judges.
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President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo at the ceremony for the awarding of the retired Supreme Court Justice held at the Blue House on May 22 last year. Newsis
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Unfortunately, two hours before the interview, Chief Justice Kim met President Moon Jae-in. Chief Justice Kim attended the ceremony for the appointment of the Central Election Commissioner and the award of the retired Supreme Court Justice held at the Blue House from 2:30 pm on that day. On May 21, the day before the interview, Chief Justice Kim and his wife had a dinner with President Moon and his wife. Moon Hee-sang and the fifth participant attended a dinner at the consulate of the National Assembly Speaker in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
“The will of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court” a week later, the debate about impeachment
– Since then, the discussion on impeachment of judges seemed to subside. This is because Rep. Lee Tan-hee applied for a leave of work from June to August due to panic disorder immediately after the opening of the 21st National Assembly and took a break from the National Assembly. Instead, Rep. Lee Soo-jin continued to shout’impeach the judges of Judicial Nongdan’ but did not get much response.
On December 14 last year, Deputy Judge Lim once again expressed his gratitude to the Court Administration. As of February 28, the 30-year term expires, and retirement is scheduled to be retired.
This time, I received an answer from a senior official of the court administration, saying, “It is the will of Chief Justice (CJ), don’t resign, just stay.” In response, Judge Lim said, “I understand.” Until then, he had never foreseen a situation where the impeachment proceedings against him would advance rapidly.
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On-site pool) Lee Tan-hee, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is receiving encouragement from fellow lawmakers right after the impeachment prosecution of Judge Seong-geun Lim, who was involved in’Justice Nongdan’, was passed at the main assembly hall of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
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A week later, the ruling party’s discussion on impeachment began to rage. On December 23, Rep. Lee Tan-hee suddenly held a press conference and declared, “We will do all we can for the impeachment of senior judges Lim Seong-geun and Lee Dong-geun.” At the Democratic Party’s General Assembly held on January 27 this year, Lee explained the need for impeachment proceedings of the two vice-president judges who were involved in the alleged involvement in the 7-hour trial of the Sewol ferry. One attendee said “At the first election on the 27th, there were many points of concern about headwinds saying,’Isn’t Lee Dong-geun one person as ordered, but his guilt is very weak?’“He explained.
On the day that only Lee Dong-geun resigned, it was decided to impeach Lim Seong-geun.
– On January 28, the following day, the second impeachment consensus, Rep. Lee Tan-hee, reflected such concerns within the party, and turned to impeachment of only one deputy chief judge Im Seong-geun, excluding Chief Judge Lee Dong-geun, and eventually the Party leadership accepted this. On the same day, on February 9, the senior judge of the High Court was announced. Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo refused to accept Judge Lim Seong-geun’s resignation in a regular greeting, but revealed that he had accepted the resignation of Senior Judge Lee Dong-geun.
An official from the administration clarified to the JoongAng Ilbo that “Judge Im was a person who had a trial (second trial) in progress and was punished by the Supreme Court, whereas Judge Lee Dong-geun was not so, so the case was different.” did. he is Regarding’CJ’s will’, “I explained the Supreme Court’s intention that it is difficult to accept the resignation in principle because of the trial and disciplinary history, but it was not difficult because of impeachment. I have not heard of any discussion on impeachment.He denied.
“The Supreme Court’s hands and feet match the current of impeachment of the passport”
– The opposition party repeatedly raises suspicions of’impeachment transaction’ against Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo. Rep. Je-won Jang said, “Why the hell should I clarify how the impeachment was able to be said in a time when impeachment was not even discussed at the National Assembly in May last year.” Kim Jong-in, Chairman of the National Power Emergency Response CommitteeThe appearance of the head of justice refusing to accept his resignation for fear of being criticized politically and offering a junior judge as an impeachment offering is shocking itself.”And demanded the resignation of the Chief Justice.
It is pointed out that inside the judiciary, it is necessary to clarify whether Supreme Court Chief Kim had rapport with the political world. An incumbent deputy judge said, “It’s like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who is a bastion of political neutrality, has matched his hands and feet to the current of impeachment of his passport,” and said, “There is no separate judicial nongdan.”
Reporter Dr. Ra [email protected]
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