The controversy that Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo rejected the resignation while speaking to the impeachment party chief judge Im Seong-geun of the Pusan High Court with the intention of taking into account the political situation promoting the impeachment of a judge implicated by Judicial Nongdan was revealed as a fact through the disclosure of the transcript of Judge Im. It is spreading to this wave.
Inside the court, the clarification of Supreme Court Chief Kim, who completely denied the allegations, was revealed as a lie within a day. In the political world, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who should protect the independence of the judiciary, has been influenced by the political situation and has abandoned the constitutional obligations, and the opposition party has a theory of responsibility.
The controversy, sparked by media reports on the 3rd, was whether Chief Justice Lim submitted his resignation for health reasons in May last year and said at a meeting with Chief Justice Kim for the purpose of saying, “If the resignation is accepted, impeachment will not be possible.” It is the key. In fact, if there was such a statement, it would be a tremendous incident because the Supreme Court chairman violated the separation of powers and independence of the judiciary, which are the basis of democracy. Supreme Court Chief Kim also completely denied the suspicion in an official response to Rep. Kim Do-eup, the power of the people on the 3rd, saying, “I interviewed at the request of Deputy Judge Im at the end of May last year, but there was no fact that he said that the resignation could not be accepted due to the issue of impeachment.” There is a bar.
Officials of the Korean Peninsula Human Rights and Unification Lawyers’ Association (hereinafter referred to as Han Byeon) are holding a press conference in front of the Supreme Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul on the morning of the 4th, urging the Chief Justice to resign to aid the impeachment of a judge. © News1 –
However, according to the released transcript, it was true that Supreme Court Chief Kim said’considering the impeachment situation’ at the time of the interview. The frontal rebuttal turned out to be an obvious lie within a day. In a transcript released on the morning of the 4th by Yoon Geun-soo, the attorney of the Law Firm, Haein, the lawyer of Chief Judge Lim, Supreme Court Chief Kim said, “If you fix it today so that you can’t bring out the story of impeachment, you cannot talk about impeachment. It is written that it is not very appropriate to be accused of such criticism.” Supreme Court Chief Kim also made a remark as if he was looking at the ruling party’s pursuit of impeachment of judges despite being given a constitutional duty to prevent political drafts as head of the judiciary. Supreme Court Chief Kim said, “What will you hear from the National Assembly if I am installing it like that to impeach (at the ruling party), but if I accept the resignation?” It is interpreted that it is a remark that the Minister of Court Administration is concerned that the National Assembly Legislative and Judicial Committee will receive inquiries from ruling party lawmakers who are promoting the impeachment of judges seeking responsibility for the resignation issue. In addition, the main reason for the Democratic Party’s voting on impeachment prosecution against Judge Im is that Judge Im’s past intervention in the trial violated the independence of the judiciary in consideration of the’political situation’. However, as Supreme Court Chief Kim Kim’s remarks that could be considered to have taken into account the’political situation’ of the passport that was pursuing the impeachment of the judges were released, the spark of the impeachment of the judges is shifting to the Chief Justice. Judge Lim served as the Chief Criminal Chief Judge of the Seoul Central District Court from 2014 to 2016, and in an article titled “Seven hours of travel on the day of the Sewol ferry disaster,” Tatsuya Kato was charged with defaming former President Park Geun-hye. He was accused of intervening in the trial of the head of the Seoul Bureau of the newspaper, and was acquitted at the first trial. Deputy Judge Lim was suspicious of instructing the court to make a judgment on the ground that defamation due to false information was recognized, but there was no purpose of slander.
Front-line court judges are shocked that the Supreme Court, who should not be affected by any political situation, has refused to resign as an individual free of charge while making a remark with the intention of keeping pace with the political actions of the passport. In addition, the response that the Supreme Court chief lied in such a critical matter was “unbelievable”. One lawyer who used to be a judge said, “Because the original judge’s professional calling is to find the truth in a court full of facts and lies, it is a good idea to not lie under any circumstances.” He said, “I’ve officially lied to the National Assembly, so I can’t tell you how to understand this situation.”
Reporter Lee Tae-hoon [email protected]
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