New President of the Bar Association: Moon Hyo-nam, Former Chief Prosecutor of Busan High Prosecutors' Office
The conservative-leaning lawyers' group, "Lawyers Thinking About the Constitution (Heonbyeon)," announced on the 10th that Moon Hyo-nam, former Busan High Prosecutors' Office Chief Prosecutor (age 68, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 11), will be inaugurated as the new president.
Heonbyeon will hold its regular general meeting on the 14th at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, to approve the agenda for the new president. In his inaugural speech, former Chief Prosecutor Moon stated, "We must establish substantive rule of law governed by common sense and fairness," and added, "We will faithfully uphold the responsibility of protecting constitutional values by activating mutual cooperation with liberal and right-wing civic groups." He also said, "We will do our best to monitor and check all acts that attempt to undermine constitutional values."
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Heonbyeon was founded in 1998, centered around conservative-leaning lawyers. Former Supreme Court Justice Jeong Gi-seung served as the first president.
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