Yoon's Suspension Cancellation Lawsuit Dropped... Ministry of Justice Also Agrees to Withdrawal

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is entering the 20th Presidential Transition Committee set up at the Financial Supervisory Service Training Institute in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 8th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Following President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's indication that he would withdraw the administrative lawsuit challenging the suspension order he received during his tenure as Prosecutor General, the Ministry of Justice also submitted a consent form for withdrawal to the court. With this, the lawsuit to cancel Yoon's suspension has been effectively resolved as if it never existed.

According to the legal community on the 12th, the Ministry of Justice submitted the consent form for withdrawal to the Seoul High Court Administrative Division 11 (Presiding Judges Bae Jun-hyun, Lee Eun-hye, Bae Jeong-hyun) on the 8th. Earlier, President-elect Yoon had also expressed his intention to withdraw the lawsuit ahead of the appellate trial.

Accordingly, it is legally considered that no lawsuit was filed, and the dismissal ruling in the first trial loses its effect. President-elect Yoon is also prohibited from filing the same lawsuit again.

During his tenure as Prosecutor General in 2020, President-elect Yoon received a suspension order from the Ministry of Justice, and subsequently, the disciplinary committee decided on a two-month suspension. In response, Yoon filed separate administrative lawsuits, claiming that the suspension and disciplinary actions did not follow proper procedures and that the grounds for discipline were factually incorrect.

The lawsuit related to the suspension was dismissed in the first trial, and the lawsuit seeking cancellation of the two-month suspension was concluded with a ruling against the plaintiff, recognizing some of the disciplinary grounds. President-elect Yoon appealed both first trial rulings. The appellate trial for the disciplinary cancellation lawsuit will hold its first preparatory hearing at the Seoul High Court on the 19th of this month.

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