In a single day, more than 200,000 people have been requested for ‘indictment’

Entry 2020.12.24 22:15 | Revision 2020.12.24 22:21

Cheong Wa Dae’s request for impeachment from the first trial court sentenced to 4 years in prison to Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, accused of illegal entrance examinations for children and charges of investment of private capital, obtained the consent of more than 200,000 citizens during the first day of the petition. .

On the 24th, a petition with the title “I request the indictment of the court of the first court of the Government and Gyeongsang Province” was posted on the notice board of the Blue House National Petition.

The petitioner said: “I urge three judges, including Lim Jeong-yeop, Kwon Seong-su and Kim Seon-hee, from 25-2 of the Seoul Central District Court Penal Agreement, who are the judges who made the first decision. judicial, to initiate a proposal for impeachment at the level of the National Assembly that represents the people. “This is because the judge seriously violated article 103 of the Constitution, which he must judge according to conscience. With today’s sentence, one person’s life was completely denied. “

The petitioner said: “Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea states that” All citizens are equal before the law. “In addition, Article 103 of the Constitution states that” Judges shall judge independently in accordance with his conscience, in accordance with the Constitution and the law. “” The decision depends on the conscience of the judge, “he wrote.

He then referred to the jurisprudence of the son of former legislator Hong Jeong-wook and the son of legislator Jang Je-won, who were sentenced to probation on charges of drug trafficking, habitual medication and drunk driving, respectively, he said. : “There are serious doubts about the belief that the conscience of the judges is always justified.”

At the same time, the petitioner said: “Beginning with the United Kingdom around 800 AD and stipulated in the Constitution of the United States, prepare the government and the National Assembly to legislate for ‘judicial democratization'” and “replace the judges of the Supreme Court in elected positions instead of appointments, and request the legislature of the jury system. ” Said.

The petition received the consent of 2,212.82 people as of 10:00 pm

Earlier, the 25-2 Penal Settlement Department of the Seoul Central District Court (the presiding judges Lim Jeong-yeop, Kwon Seong-su and Kim Sun-hee) convicted Professor Jeong, charged with obstruction of work the day before , to a fine of 500 million won for four years in prison and was arrested. The court tried all the charges related to Professor Jeong’s daughter for irregularities in the entrance examination, convicted some of the charges related to private equity and jailed the court, saying there was fear of destruction of evidence.