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Supreme Court opposes the amendment to the Court Organization Act initiated by Democratic Party lawmakers, saying that it may be unconstitutional.

They have different opinions about how much judges participate in an organization that will replace the court administration.



Next is reporter Jeon Byeong-nam.



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Supreme Court opposes the amendment to the Court Organization Act jointly initiated by 31 Democratic Party lawmakers such as Lee Tan-hee, former judge.



The Supreme Court formulated this meaning in a recent opinion to the National Assembly.



The key is the personal composition of the Judicial Administration Committee that replaces the current court administration office.



The amendment made up a committee of four judges and eight non-judges, making the non-judges a majority.



As the judiciary-centered administrative management has created many problems, such as the judicial farming incident, an open administrative committee must be established.



In response, the Supreme Court objected, saying, "It caused a significant impediment to the independence of the judiciary, which allowed judges to exercise judicial power, and may be unconstitutional."



Regarding the fact that the judicial administration committee holds the personnel rights of the judges, he also revealed a negative position, saying, "If the judicial administration committee, where a large number of members are elected in the National Assembly, decides the personnel of the judges, the politicization of the judges is concerned."



An official at the Supreme Court said, "We agree with the direction of reform, but we have expressed a strong opposition that the details may violate the independence of the judiciary."



The bill is expected to be presented to the standing committee next week.



The Democratic Party has shown a trend that it will not rush the bill.



However, some members of the Democratic Party have complained that the Supreme Court is actually trying to overturn the existing promise to abolish the court administration office, and pain is expected in the course of future legislative discussions.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho·Lee Seung-hwan, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)