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As the parliamentary audit enters its final stages, the comprehensive audit of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee began today (October 26). The ruling and opposition parties clashed once again over Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's Supreme Court justice re-nomination issue and the court ruling regarding Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun.
Reporter Kim Hye-min reports.
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Today's comprehensive parliamentary audit of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee.
With agencies including the National Court Administration, the Constitutional Court, and the Ministry of Justice in attendance, the ruling party took issue with Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's refusal to re-recommend a Supreme Court justice nominee and the reduction of sentences for insurrection Defendants in their appellate trial.
[Lee Seong-yoon / Democratic Party Lawmaker: "Showing this kind of arrogance and acting like an emperor means conducting political trials and engaging in politics. I believe impeachment of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae is the only answer. What do you think, Minister?"]
[Roh Kyung-pil / Minister of National Court Administration: "I do not think it is appropriate to speak of what the Cho Hee-dae judiciary has done in such a manner. Furthermore, regarding the nomination issue, it is my understanding that the Chief Justice has already made the recommendation."]
They also launched an offensive over last week's appellate court acquittal of Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun in a case involving alleged violations of the Political Funds Act.
[Kim Ki-pyo / Democratic Party Lawmaker: "Overall, this is a chaotic ruling. The logic itself is so jumbled that it is hard to believe it came from a high court; it makes no sense."]
On the other hand, the People Power Party defended the judiciary, calling the attacks a "buildup to impeach Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae," and countered by demanding the resumption of trials involving President Lee Jae-myung.
[Kwak Kyu-taek / People Power Party Lawmaker: "Shouldn't you first be protesting why the cases concerning President Lee Jae-myung are not being tried swiftly? Yet, right from the start, you began with a buildup to impeach Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae."]
They also pressed the Ministry of Justice over the prolonged vacancies of the Prosecutor General and the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency.
[Lee Jin-soo / Vice Minister of Justice: "Yes, the process is currently underway."]
Amid this, when the People Power Party took issue with lawyers who previously represented President Lee Jae-myung in legal cases taking up major public posts, shouting erupted between the ruling and opposition parties, briefly halting the audit.
(Video by Oh Young-chun and Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing by Won Hyung-hee)
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