Park Su-young "Lee Gyun-yong Rejection, Democratic Party Also Holding Judiciary Back"

On the 6th, the plenary session rejected the appointment approval of Lee Gyunyong

Park Su-young, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea on the 6th for blocking the appointment approval of Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee Lee Gyun-yong at the National Assembly, saying, "The Democratic Party is now obstructing even the judiciary."

On that day, the appointment approval motion for nominee Lee, which was submitted to the plenary session, was rejected with 118 votes in favor, 175 against, and 2 abstentions out of 295 members present.

The appointment approval requires a majority of the total members to be present and a majority of the members present to vote in favor. Since the Democratic Party and the Justice Party decided to oppose the motion as their party stance, a large number of opposition votes led to this result.

On the 6th, members of the People Power Party left the National Assembly plenary session after the rejection of the appointment consent bill for Chief Justice Lee Gyun-yong.
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Through Facebook on the same day, Rep. Park announced the news of the rejection of nominee Lee's appointment approval motion, saying, "The Democratic Party, which obstructs government policies, parliamentary politics, and now even the judiciary."

Meanwhile, this is the first time in 35 years since 1988, when the appointment approval motion for Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee Jeong Gi-seung was rejected at the National Assembly.

Accordingly, the vacancy of the Supreme Court Chief Justice is expected to be prolonged. Since former Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo retired on the 24th of last month, the appointment approval process for nominee Lee has been delayed, leaving the judiciary's leadership position vacant for over ten days. Since the appointment approval motion was rejected, President Yoon Seok-yeol must nominate a new Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate.

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