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Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo, who is under pressure to resign due to controversy over false explanations, apologized again today (19th).

There was no political consideration in the process of not accepting the resignation of Deputy Chief Judge Seong-geun Lim, despite regretting to the public, and he said that he would fulfill his constitutional mission.

He showed his will not to withdraw.



This is Sohn Hyung-an.



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is about noon today that Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo posted an apology on the inside bulletin board of the judge without prior notice.



On the 4th, when the impeachment bill of Deputy Chief Judge Im Seong-geun was passed at the National Assembly, it is only a full moon after bowing his head on the way home.



Supreme Court Chief Kim said he regretted to the public that an incumbent judge was prosecuted for impeachment.



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



At the same time, he dismissed 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 expectation that he would express his position at a meeting of the chiefs of the court earlier next month, is interpreted with the intent to dispel the recently rising demand for resignation.



However, the opposition offensive against the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who officially refused to resign, continued today.



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



[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.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Park Jin-hoon)