The'Chuomiae' is a hot topic.

Yesterday (21st), when the impeachment prosecution against him was submitted to the plenary session, the response was made by the Minister of Justice, Chu Mi-ae. It did not.


Minister Chu Mi-ae, are you worried about'day of fate'? Naturally, is'denial', is the tension zero?

In [Pick Q&A], we will examine the prospects of impeachment prosecution by Minister Chu Mi-ae through the past case of the National Assembly impeachment prosecution.

Q. Can the National Assembly prosecute the impeachment of a member of the state appointed by the President?

A. It is possible under Article 65 of the Constitution.

The Constitution allows the National Assembly to vote on impeachment proceedings if the President, the Prime Minister, members of the State Council, high-ranking officials of the executive branch, judges of the Constitutional Court, or judges below the Supreme Court, violate the Constitution or laws.

If the impeachment prosecution is passed by the National Assembly, the impeachment judgment will be decided by the Constitutional Court through impeachment trial.

Q. What was the case of the State Council's impeachment proposition?

A. With the bill information system of the National Assembly, 20 cases have been counted so far since the National Assembly has proposed impeachment proceedings.

Since the opening of the Constituent Assembly in 1948, the first impeachment prosecution against the Supreme Court President Yu Tae-heung was in 1985. The reason was that the judge convicted the case of the situation unjustly, and was rejected after the vote.

Most cases of the impeachment proceedings of the National Assembly, including two cases involving Supreme Court, including Supreme Court Justice Yeong-cheol Shin and Kim Dae-jung at the time of the government's prosecution investigation, and three cases involving BBK investigation at the time of the Roh Moo-hyun administration It was institutional. Most of them were not supposed to be held at the plenary session, but they had to be disposed of.


Q. When the National Assembly impeachment bill was passed?

A. Only two cases of former President Roh Moo-hyun and former President Park Geun-hye have been passed at the National Assembly.

On March 12, 2004, the National Assembly passed the proposition of impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun with 193 votes in favor and 2 votes in opposition. It was the reason for the violation of political neutrality by making certain party support statements. Later, the Constitutional Court dismissed impeachment, and former President Roh returned to office.

The proposed impeachment prosecution against former President Park Geun-hye, which was initiated in the case of the National Agricultural Cooperatives, was passed on December 9, 2016, with 234 votes in favor and 56 votes in opposition.

In 2004, Secretary of State Chu Mi-ae voted for impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun. At the time, Minister Cho, who served as the chairman of the Democratic Party's predecessor in the 17th general election, was a three-night three-day trip to Gwangju and apologized. How would Mr. Chu feel after facing his impeachment plan after 16 years?

Q. When was the impeachment prosecution other than the judiciary and the president?

A. The impeachment prosecution has not passed.

So far, five proposals have been made in the National Assembly for impeachment. Except for the case of Minister Chu Mi-ae, who is about to deliberate, it is Chuchi.

The impeachment prosecution itself against the State Council was the first Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Jeong Jong-seop at the time of the Park Geun-hye administration. It was because of the controversy of Cheong Jong-seop's toast of the general election.

Subsequently, three prosecutors of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Hong Nam-ki, and three deputy prime ministers of the United States, and Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae were proposed by the Moon Jae-in government, but they were all automatically scrapped after the parliamentary meeting.

Attorney General Chu Mi-ae, who entered the 21st National Assembly on May 30, 2020, became the first target for impeachment.


Q. What is the likelihood of passing the impeachment plan by Minister Chu Mi-ae?

A. The point is that the possibility is slim.

The Constitution stipulates that more than a third of the members of the National Assembly and the approval of the majority of members of the National Assembly are required to pass the impeachment proceedings. Currently, there are 300 members of the National Assembly. With the cooperation of the future unification party and the National Assembly, more than 100 members of the National Assembly were met, but at least 150 seats are required to pass at the plenary session.

It seems realistically difficult to get more than 40 votes for the Democratic Party in the current parliament, with only 180 seats in the passport.

Rep. Kwon Eun-hee of the National Assembly, who co-sponsored the impeachment prosecution, said, "It is unlikely that it will be passed at the Plenary Assembly in reality, but it should nevertheless be addressed by the National Assembly regarding the illegal abuse of power by the Minister of Justice."

The Democratic Party is also in a position not to avoid voting, so it is expected that the impeachment bill of the United States will be deliberated by an anonymous vote at the plenary session of the National Assembly tomorrow or tomorrow.

Although there is a high possibility of rejection at the time of voting, there is also a prospect that if some of the votes in the ruling party come out, it can be quite a burden for Minister Chu Mi-ae.

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