On the 15th, the opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Korea, passed a resolution at the National Assembly's operating committee urging the withdrawal of Han Duck-soo, the acting president and prime minister, as a candidate for the president's constitutional court judge. The People Power Party did not attend the meeting.
The operating committee held a general meeting in the morning that day without the ruling party lawmakers and passed the resolution urging the withdrawal of candidates Lee Wan-kyu and Ham Sang-hoon for the constitutional court judges.
The resolution targeted the acting prime minister, urging him to "apologize to the public for the unconstitutional usurpation of the appointment of a constitutional court judge representing the president and to withdraw the nominations of candidates Lee Wan-kyu and Ham Sang-hoon." It also confirmed the infringement of the National Assembly's hearing rights due to the forced appointment of the two candidates and stated support for the National Assembly's constitutional complaint. It included a pledge to support a preliminary injunction seeking to suspend the effectiveness of the submission of the National Assembly's request for a personnel hearing and all associated legal measures.
The resolution is expected to be addressed at the plenary session as early as the 17th.
On the 8th, the acting prime minister nominated Lee Wan-kyu, head of the Legislative Affairs Office, and Ham Sang-hoon, Director General of the Seoul High Court, as successors to Constitutional Court judges Moon Hyung-bae and Lee Mi-sun, whose terms are about to end this month. Their appointments are the president's prerogative.