PPP: "'Three Judicial Reform Bills' Push Is Judicial Terror and a Declaration of Dictatorship"

Tent Sit-In Protest to Resume in Front of Main National Assembly Building from the 23rd

The People Power Party criticized the Democratic Party of Korea's announced push to railroad through the so-called "three judicial reform bills" (the Distortion of Law Act, the Appeal Against Judgment Act, and the Increase in the Number of Supreme Court Justices Act), calling it a "judicial terror attack against the rule of law and a declaration of dictatorship."

Choi Boyun, Senior Spokesperson of the People Power Party. Yonhap News Agency

On the 22nd, Choi Boyun, Senior Spokesperson of the People Power Party, said in a commentary, "The Democratic Party's declaration that it will pass the 'three judicial bills', which will shake the very foundation of the Republic of Korea's judicial system, is 'judicial terror' disguised as reform and aimed at the heart of the rule of law."

He went on to say, "It is clear that they intend to push ahead with a 'blitzkrieg' without sufficient public discussion and without even a minimum level of social consensus. They are trying to pressure the judiciary so they can reign above the people and complete the ramparts of dictatorship," adding, "It is an atrocious act of 'constitutional destruction' that seeks to place the judiciary under their feet."

He also said, "The so-called 'Distortion of Law Act' is in fact a 'judge intimidation act' that muzzles the conscience of judges, and is a trailer for a modern-day literati purge, signaling that any judge who hands down a ruling that does not suit the tastes of the administration can at any time become the target of an investigation and be sent to prison."

He continued, "The 'Appeal Against Judgment Act' and the 'Increase in the Number of Supreme Court Justices Act' are 'poison' that will paralyze the judiciary," arguing, "The 'Appeal Against Judgment Act', which effectively introduces a four-instance court system, is a measure that shifts onto the people the pain of trial delays and an explosion in litigation costs, and it is the crowning touch of 'infinite bulletproofing' that aims to drag cases to the Constitutional Court and try to overturn the verdict even if President Lee Jaemyung's conviction is finalized."

He added, "Increasing the number of Supreme Court justices without sufficient review will inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of final appeals and to staffing gaps in the lower courts, which in turn can only result in the collapse of trials directly related to people's livelihoods."

Meanwhile, the People Power Party also plans to resume, starting on the 23rd, its tent sit-in protest in front of the main National Assembly building to block what it calls the 'three evil laws for judicial control'.

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