On May 11, the National Innovation Party released a draft of an impeachment motion against Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae and nine Supreme Court justices, who remanded the case of Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae Myung’s violation of the Public Official Election Act for a guilty verdict.
Lee Jae Myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, is moving on the 11th after visiting Saejae in Gangjin-eup, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do. Photo by Yonhap News
At a press conference that day, Innovation Party lawmakers stated, "We are impeaching the legal elites who participated in a judicial coup carried out in broad daylight by legal professionals, in order to block such conspiracies and ensure that such judicial coups never happen again."
The impeachment motion claims that the defendants severely damaged, infringed upon, or abused the essential content of fundamental rights and the constitutional order through their remand ruling for violation of the Public Official Election Act.
The Innovation Party said, "This case appears to be not merely a constitutional violation due to simple negligence, but rather a highly condemnable act of intentional political intervention," and added, "This constitutes a very serious constitutional violation that can justify the impeachment of the judges."
The Innovation Party also stated, "Forcing only one interpretation of a particular fact, or carrying out criminal punishment for alternative interpretations, is an unconstitutional act that does not align with our Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression and free election campaigning," adding, "No one should recklessly wield the sword of criminal punishment from a single perspective."
The Innovation Party further asserted, "If the Supreme Court judged Lee’s remarks on behalf of the voters, it abused its authority and violated the principles of democracy," and described this as "a grave overreach of power."
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