Kim Yong-min "Lee Gyun-yong Rejected? Government Responsible for Nominating Unqualified Candidate"

Rejection of Lee Gyunyong's Appointment Approval on the 6th
"The National Assembly Will Continue to Do Its Work"

Kim Yong-min, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, claimed on the 6th that the rejection of the appointment approval for Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee Lee Gyun-yong is "the responsibility of the government for sending an unqualified Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate."

Through Facebook on the same day, Rep. Kim emphasized, "The rejection of Lee Gyun-yong is the government's responsibility for sending an unqualified Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate," adding, "The National Assembly will continue to do its job."

On the 6th, the vote result for the nomination consent of Lee Gyun-yong, the Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate, is being announced at the National Assembly plenary session.
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The appointment approval for nominee Lee, which was submitted to the plenary session that afternoon, was rejected with 118 votes in favor, 175 against, and 2 abstentions out of 295 members present.

The People Power Party held a party meeting before the plenary session and decided to support the approval of nominee Lee as the party stance, but it appears they were outnumbered in seats. The Democratic Party and the Justice Party set 'rejection' as their party stance.

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

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