"Unprecedented Unilateral Notification in Constitutional History"... Call for "Re-nomination"?

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The presidential office stated that there was zero consultation regarding the Supreme Court justice "written nomination," calling it an unprecedented situation in constitutional history. Regarding candidate Sohn Bong-ki, who became the cause of the clash, weight is being given to the direction of demanding Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae to make a re-nomination.

First, here is a report by reporter Kang Min-u.

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Regarding Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's written nomination of Supreme Court justice candidates, the presidential office stated, "This is an unprecedented situation in South Korea's constitutional history," and "an unprecedented unilateral notification that skipped consultation."

The Minister of the National Court Administration explained at the National Assembly that discussions took place with the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs prior to the written nomination.

[Noh Kyung-phil / Minister of the National Court Administration (on the 19th): We agreed with the senior secretary for civil affairs, and decided on the method through consultation... (What did you agree on?) We agreed to make a written nomination.]

The presidential office refuted that this was different from the facts.

[Sung Ki-hong / Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Relations (from OhmyTV's "Park Jung-ho's Hotspot"): While there was a fact that general matters were discussed, there was absolutely no consultation, no consultation itself, regarding specific nomination methods such as whether or not to make a written nomination.]

Within the presidential office, among the two candidates nominated by Chief Justice Cho as Supreme Court justices, plans are being discussed to send only the appointment consent bill for candidate Kim Sung-soo—to whom there are no disagreements—to the National Assembly, while demanding a "re-nomination" for candidate Sohn Bong-ki, who was nominated as the successor to former Supreme Court Justice Noh Tae-ak but became the reason for the clash between the two sides.

However, it is understood that it has not yet been decided whether the presidential office will officially demand in writing to the Supreme Court "rejecting candidate Sohn, re-nominating a new candidate" or express the intention of a "demand for re-nomination" as a result by not sending the appointment consent bill to the National Assembly.

Since there is no precedent in the "1987 constitutional system" where a president did not appoint a Supreme Court justice candidate nominated by the chief justice, concerns over political burdens are being raised within parts of the ruling camp. However, fierce reactions are coming from the presidential office, such as "we found out about candidate Sohn's nomination only after seeing news reports," leading to projections that it is almost impossible for the written nomination of the Supreme Court justice to be accepted as is.

(Camera Reporter: Jung Sang-bo, Ha Ryung | Video Editing: Nam Il | Design: Jang Sung-bum)
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