Court Cancels Injunction Suspending Joo Ho-young's Emergency Committee Duties

Seoul High Court Dismisses Lee Jun-seok's Request... "Joo Ho-young Has Already Resigned as Chairman"

Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, is attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 17th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The court overturned the provisional injunction that suspended the duties of Joo Ho-young, former Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party (current floor leader), in the second trial.

The Seoul High Court Civil Division 25-2 (Presiding Judge Kim Moon-seok) on the 17th reviewed the case in which former Chairman Joo appealed against the provisional injunction granted by the Seoul Southern District Court and canceled the first trial decision on the grounds that it "misunderstood the legal principle of 'interest in the lawsuit'." The court also dismissed the provisional injunction application filed by former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok.

The court stated, "The debtor (Joo Ho-young) resigned from the Emergency Response Committee Chairman position on September 5, so he is no longer in that position," and "The provisional injunction application seeking suspension of duties as Emergency Response Committee Chairman has lost its interest in the lawsuit because the disputed right or legal relationship subject to the injunction has been extinguished."

Furthermore, the court ruled, "The first trial court judged that since the debtor contested the provisional injunction decision and maintained the intention to file an objection, it was difficult to consider that he voluntarily acknowledged his lack of qualification and resigned, so it should be viewed differently. However, the debtor's filing and maintaining an objection is an exercise of the citizen's 'right to a fair trial' guaranteed by Article 27 of the Constitution, and it is not a factor to be considered by the court when determining whether there is interest in the lawsuit during the review of the provisional injunction objection case."

Previously, the Seoul Southern District Court Civil Division 51 (Chief Presiding Judge Hwang Jung-soo) suspended the duties of then Emergency Response Committee Chairman Joo Ho-young on August 26, citing a substantial defect that "an emergency situation warranting the establishment of an emergency response committee within the party did not occur."

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