Prosecutor Lee Chang-su Files Injunction Request for Suspension of Effect of "Job Suspension" at Constitutional Court

Impeachment Prosecutor Lee Chang-su, Head of Central District Prosecutors' Office, Files "Suspension of Effect" Injunction with Constitutional Court

Lee Chang-soo, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, is responding to questions from Chairman Jeong Cheong-rae during the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee's audit of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, Suwon High Prosecutors' Office, and Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 18th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

Lee Chang-soo, the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, whose duties were suspended after the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion, has filed an injunction application with the Constitutional Court.

According to the legal community on the 10th, Lee filed the injunction application with the Constitutional Court, which is hearing his impeachment trial, the day before. This is interpreted as a request to halt the effect of the suspension of duties following the impeachment motion. Earlier, the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against Lee, Cho Sang-won, the 4th Deputy Chief Prosecutor, and Choi Jae-hoon, Head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 2, on the grounds that they did not properly investigate allegations related to Kim Geon-hee's involvement with Deutsche Motors.

As the impeachment motion became imminent, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office internally considered filing an injunction application with the Constitutional Court. According to Article 65 of the Constitution, when an impeachment motion is passed by the National Assembly, the duties of the subject of the impeachment are immediately suspended. Afterwards, if the Constitutional Court dismisses the impeachment after trial, the subject immediately returns to duty; if the impeachment is upheld, they are dismissed from office.

Due to Lee's suspension, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office is currently operating under an acting chief system. The Constitutional Court has assigned a presiding justice to the impeachment trial involving three prosecutors and has referred the case to the preparation procedure for oral arguments.

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