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A truth battle took place over the process of submitting his resignation by Judge Im Seong-geun, who was on the verge of impeachment for the first time in the history of an incumbent judge due to the suspicion of judicial Nongdan.
Deputy Judge Lim argued that Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo rejected the resignation by mentioning impeachment during the interview process last year, but the Supreme Court completely refuted that it had never made such a comment.
Reporter Park Seo-kyung reports.
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It was belatedly known that Im Seong-geun, deputy judge of the Busan High Court, whose impeachment prosecution was recently proposed in the National Assembly, met with Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo in May last year to discuss his appreciation.
After Judge Lim resigned for health reasons, he met Supreme Court Chief Kim, and media reports that he rejected the resignation by mentioning the possibility of impeachment.
The Supreme Court strongly denied it.
Chief Justice Kim met at the request of Deputy Chief Judge Im to discuss the issue of taking place, but he has never been formally submitted for resignation.
In particular, he emphasized that he was asked to think about personal information after seeing his health status, but he did not address the impeachment issue.
Then, this time, Vice-President Lim’s side rebutted, revealing the remarks of the then Supreme Court Chief Kim in detail.
Judge Lim explained that immediately before the interview, it resigned to the deputy chief of the Court Administration Department and reported this to Supreme Court Chief Kim.
He also argued that Supreme Court Chief Kim said that the political situation at the time should be considered, and that if the resignation is accepted, the National Assembly will not be able to discuss impeachment and may be criticized.
He added that Supreme Court Chief Kim said he would take care of whether the resignation was accepted. He added that the Supreme Court is currently in storage.
[김명수 / 대법원장 : (임성근 부장판사 면담을 두고 주장이 엇갈리는데 한 말씀 부탁드립니다. 면담하실 때 탄핵, 정치적 상황 고려해야 한다고 말씀하셨다는데 사실입니까?) ….]
When Judge Lim served as the Chief Criminal Chief Justice of the Seoul Central District Court, Tatsuya Kato was handed over to the trial on charges of intervening in the trial of former Sankei Shimbun Seoul Bureau chief, and was convicted at the first trial.
However, according to the ruling, impeachment proceedings have been proposed, centering on passports such as the Democratic Party, and a vote of the plenary session is ahead, saying that it is recognized that it is unconstitutional in the act of Judge Lim.
Deputy Judge Lim Seong-geun took into account the political situation and stepped up to the impeachment trial for intervening in the trial and violating the independence of jurisdiction.
Under these circumstances, claims have been raised that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court also mentioned consideration of the political situation, and some observers suggest that the outcome of the truth battle could inflict another fatal injury to the judiciary.
This is YTN Park Seo-kyung.
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