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Editorial Writer Jeong-ae Jeong
– During the 43-minute conversation between Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo and Deputy Judge Im Seong-geun in May of last year, it wasn’t just the words “because of impeachment.” There is also such a point in the transcripts that Judge Lim provided to the media.
Myung-soo Kim, who said “the strength of this era”
In addition to having a seat in his camp
What did you show for the judiciary
– “I’m sorry as a senior. I’m sure I did my part properly, too, but our seniors should have kept it harder for the court.” “I was chief of staff Lim, a judge with extraordinary pride and duty than any other judge, but how much I hated standing in court rather than dying. Yes, it could be a bottle made by our seniors.”
It looks like a conversation between seniors and juniors, but it wasn’t. Judge Lim’s position is that he was referred to the disciplinary committee under the direction of Supreme Court Chief Kim the following year even though he helped in the process of agreeing to the National Assembly appointment. Even though he received the lowest reprimand in discipline, he was unable to continue serving as a judge. Several times his appreciation was also rejected. This is the background to the recording.
In fact, in the case of’Judongnongdan’, Judge Lim was a’a judge’ (Jin Jung-kwon). Nevertheless, he eventually became the first judge in the history of the constitution to be impeached. The gap between’I’m sorry as a senior’ and’Impeached junior’ is far away. What was Chief Justice Kim’s intention?
When he was nominated as a candidate for the Supreme Court, he was wrapped up as a new person. He was a non-mainstreamer who served as president of the Korean Society for Law Research and the International Human Rights Law Research Society and was a leader in the ranks. I was confident that I had more strength in this era.
However, in July of last year, the opposition leader (Ho-young Joo) said in the National Assembly, “I am ashamed as Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo and the head of the judiciary. Are you afraid of what kind of Supreme Court chief you will be recorded in the judiciary?” I haven’t heard of the Supreme Court’s recent contempt. On the other hand, it is said that he “betrayed” (Lee Tan-hee and Democratic Party member).
If both sides criticize it, it may be comforting that you are working properly, but this is not the case for Chief Justice Kim. In addition to the lying (in his expression,’unclear memory’), there is an existing problem of a gap with’packaging’. Attorney Kim In-hoe, who has published a book with President Moon Jae-in, used the expression’the disappearance of the Supreme Court Chief’ and said, “There were only minor changes in the court” (“Thinking about the judicial reform of Kim In-hoe”). It means that they lack vision and ability.
Fundamentally, it may be an inherent limitation. “A person who owes a debt is forced to work hard to pay it off. This is because, due to the essential nature of humans, we will pay attention and focus on the work that can reveal the existence of ourselves and the organization” (Junyoung Park). Chief Justice Kim owed a large debt, not just a debt. “Even without the Candlelight Revolution, President Moon would have been born, but without the Candlelight Revolution, there would have been no Chief Justice of the Supreme Court” (Kim In-hoe).
Since then, strangely, certain connected judges occupied key positions (including warrant judges), and a warrant against former Environment Minister Kim Eun-kyung, who was charged with engaging in the current government’s’blacklist’, was dismissed. It’s a rather sparse” era. Trials against those in power have been generous or endlessly extended. When the Democratic Party recommended an aide to Supreme Court Chief Kim as a candidate for the Constitutional Justice, there was a coincidence that he recommended lawyer Minbyun, who worked at the Blue House, Roh Moo-hyun.
On the other hand, he dragged the case of’Judongnongdan’ and invited the prosecution to investigate itself, and as a result, more than 100 judges drove it to the’clearing of red envelope’ trial. “The prosecution’s check against the judiciary is really attempted’as soon as there is an opportunity’” (attorney Yang Sam-seung), taking the opportunity. Furthermore, even if the ruling party lawmaker feels “severe insult” (Lee Su-jin), he is in a position to be prosecuted for impeachment.
Yang Seung-tae’s Supreme Court (Court), who left a memo saying, “The judiciary has been making every effort to support the president’s state administration until now,” still had the goal of a policy for the court (appeal court). Chief Justice Kim wants to know what else is besides’acquiring a seat’ for himself or his camp. He is not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court again.
Editorial Writer Jeong-ae Jeong
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