-In addition, the Democratic Party promotes impeachment proceedings against Judge Im Seong-geun, who was involved in the allegations of the Judicial Nongdan.
Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon met with reporters after the parliamentary general meeting on the afternoon of the 28th, and said, “We decided to allow lawmakers to pursue impeachment proceedings against Judge Seong-geun Lim.”
Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-yeon also said, “After the proposal for impeachment, we will process it according to the procedure of the National Assembly Act. If the lawmakers make a motion in accordance with the legal requirements, they will vote within 72 hours according to the National Assembly Act.”
Judge Lim and Judge Lee Dong-geun, deputy chief judge of the Seoul High Court, are suspicious of intervening in the trial of a reporter from the Sankei Shimbun, Japan, who was accused of defamation after raising the “Seven Hour Suspicion of the Sewol ferry” by former President Park Geun-hye. He was acquitted at the first trial in January. The court of the first instance admitted that Judge Lim’s intervention in the trial could not be applied, but the crime of obstructing the exercise of the right of abuse of authority could not be applied. The prosecution appealed, and Judge Lim is currently undergoing a second trial. At first, 107 members of the pan-passport parliament, led by Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee, formally proposed impeachment proceedings against Deputy Judges Lim Seong-geun and Lee Dong-geun. In the course of discussion afterwards, it was decided to proceed with the impeachment prosecution only for Judge Im. In response, Nak-yeon Lee said, “There was a proposal from a legal expert in the party this morning that Judge Lee Dong-geun should be excluded from the target, and the proposal was accepted by Rep. Tan-hee Lee. I reported it to the Eui-Chong.”
Whether or not the argument was adopted, “No. “I will respect the judgment of the lawmakers,” he said. “Hospital representative Kim Tae-nyeon made a proposal to allow the impeachment proceedings, and I agreed. It was decided that I and the hospital representative decided to do that.”
An impeachment prosecution against a judge may be initiated with the consent of more than a third of the members of the National Assembly. If a majority of the current lawmakers approve, a decision is possible. The final decision is made by the Constitutional Court.
So-young Kim, reporter at Donga.com [email protected]
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