The national judges' representative council will hold an interim meeting on the 30th. On the 26th of last month, the national judges' representative council convened following the Supreme Court's decision to remand President Lee Jae-myung's violation of the Public Official Election Act case for a guilty judgment, but did not reach a conclusion and postponed the next meeting until after the presidential election.
On the 9th, the national judges' representative council stated in a notice sent to the press that "the continuation date for the interim meeting has been set for 10 a.m. on the 30th." It added, "The agenda items will include those proposed at the interim meeting on the 26th of last month and issues raised on site."
Before the meeting on the 26th of last month, the national judges' representative council proposed two agenda items. One is to confirm that 'the independence of trials must be an absolutely guaranteed value in a democratic country while stating that efforts will be made to uphold the fairness of trials and the democratic accountability of the judiciary.'
The other item is to express serious concern that 'the judicial trust, which is the foundation of judicial independence, has been shaken and that various accountability inquiries and institutional changes based on individual trials could infringe upon the independence of trials.'
At that meeting, 88 out of the 126 members were present. Five additional agenda items were proposed at the meeting. However, voting on the proposed agenda items did not take place. The judges' representative council noted, "During the recent presidential election process, there were concerns that resolving the agenda items in the judges' council could influence the election, so after discussions among members, it was decided that it would be better to continue the meeting."