Democratic Party Adopts Party Line to Reject Nomination of Lee Gyunyong for Supreme Court Chief Justice

The Democratic Party of Korea adopted a party stance of 'rejection' at a party meeting on the 6th ahead of the vote on the nomination of Lee Gyun-yong as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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Yoon Young-duk, the Democratic Party floor spokesperson, told reporters after the party meeting held at the National Assembly in the afternoon, "Regarding the nomination consent for candidate Lee, the Democratic Party adopted rejection as the party stance at the previous party meeting."

Spokesperson Yoon explained, "Floor leader Hong Ik-pyo proposed the final party stance of rejection after gathering opinions from Democratic Party lawmakers that candidate Lee has several issues regarding ability and qualifications in protecting judicial independence and performing duties as a high-ranking public official."

He continued, "After the decision-making process, it was decided to adopt rejection as the party stance unanimously by all attending lawmakers today."

For the nomination consent for Chief Justice to be approved, a majority of the total members must be present, and a majority of those present must vote in favor. Since the Democratic Party, holding 168 seats out of the total 298, which is a majority, has set rejection as the party stance, the nomination consent for candidate Lee is likely to be rejected. Earlier, floor leader Hong Ik-pyo clearly stated at the policy coordination meeting held the previous day, "If the nomination consent for candidate Lee is rejected, it is entirely the responsibility of President Yoon Seok-yeol, who recommended an unqualified person and failed in personnel verification," expressing a clear stance on rejecting the nomination consent for candidate Lee.

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