DP to Pursue Parliamentary Probe into Chief Justice Cho; Plans Plenary Vote on the 5th

Floor Leadership Given Authority over Parliamentary Investigation into Cho Heedae

The Democratic Party of Korea has decided to push for a parliamentary investigation into Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae.

Jeon Eun-su, the Democratic Party's floor spokesperson, told reporters after a lawmakers' meeting at the National Assembly on October 27, “It seems that issues are piling up: Chief Justice Cho himself refused to make a new recommendation for a Supreme Court justice; he refused to take the oath as a witness during the parliamentary audit; some of what he said later turned out to be false; and there are also questions about his official-duty expenses.”

Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae answers lawmakers' questions during a parliamentary audit of the Supreme Court at the National Assembly on the 6th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju.

She added, “At the end of the meeting, Floor Leader Han Byung-do asked lawmakers to delegate the matter to the leadership, including a parliamentary investigation into Chief Justice Cho,” and said, “No other lawmakers voiced a different opinion.”

The Democratic Party plans to take up a plan for a parliamentary investigation into Chief Justice Cho on November 5. Jeon said, “I’ll share the specific schedule once it is set.”

Regarding the review of an additional arrest warrant for Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, Jeon said, “The situation room has been operating at the secretariat since yesterday, and all lawmakers are on emergency standby today so that we can monitor developments through midnight.”

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