"There was no political consideration" Kim Myung-soo apologizes for surprise attack... Refusal to resign

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Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo, who did not accept the resignation of Senior Judge Im Seong-geun for the reason of the political impeachment movement, and even falsely explained, apologized again yesterday (19th).

However, Supreme Court Chief Kim dismissed the request for resignation by saying he would fulfill his constitutional mission.

This is Sohn Hyung-an.

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It was around noon that Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo posted an apology on the inside bulletin board of the judge without prior notice.

It is only 15 days after I bowed my head on the way home from work on the 4th, when the impeachment bill of Senior Judge Im Seong-geun was passed at the National Assembly.

Supreme Court Chief Kim said he regretted to the people that the incumbent judge was impeached.

However, he protested that there was no political consideration in the decision not to accept Judge Lim's resignation, and that it was impossible for him to endanger judicial independence.

Still, he rejected the opposition's request for resignation, saying that he would not lose his original intention and fulfill his constitutional mission.

The Supreme Court's surprise apology, which initially missed the Supreme Court's expectations that he would express his position at the court chiefs' meeting earlier next month, is interpreted with the intent to dispel the recently rising demand for resignation.

But the opposition of opposition continued against the Chief Justice, who formalized the refusal to resign.

Supreme Court Chief Kim said that he had a judge who was friendly to him continue to take on a specific trial even when he violated the principle of judicial personnel, and that this was Insa Nongdan.

[Ho-Young Joo/People's Power House Representative: (Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo) is doing the same thing as the owner, who puts my side as a referee to manipulate the game.]

There is not much response to the Supreme Court's apology on the inside bulletin board of the judge

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It is unlikely that the potential dissatisfaction situation, which is spreading from the controversy on false explanations to the bias of the judges' personnel, will easily subside with a single apology from Chief Justice Kim.