Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea and chair of the central election committee, noted on the 14th regarding Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's absence from the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee hearing that "if we do not respond to the demands of the people, a national investigation or special prosecution may be unavoidable."
On that day, Park reiterated during a central election committee meeting held at the party's headquarters in the morning, "I hope for an immediate response to the people's demand for an apology and resignation regarding the judicial coup."
Park questioned, "Chief Justice Cho and all Supreme Court justices cited past precedents as the reason for their absence, but how can they explain the rushed handling of the Lee Jae-myung candidate case that was swiftly processed in just nine days, completely disregarding those precedents?"
He continued, "I hope they immediately stop the behavior of disregarding the National Assembly by ruling above the law and looking down on the sovereign people," and added, "I expect Chief Justice Cho to respond immediately to the people's demand for an apology and resignation regarding the judicial coup."
On that day, the hearing titled 'Investigating allegations of involvement of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae and others in the election' began at 10 a.m.
The Supreme Court will address allegations of judicial power abuse and election interference raised during the process of returning Lee Jae-myung's violation of the public office election law case to the Seoul High Court.