Chun Dae-yup, head of the National Court Administration, on the 10th addressed the constitutional controversy over the so-called judicial reform bills, including a bill to establish a court division dedicated to insurrection cases being pushed by the Democratic Party of Korea, and said, "On this point, most legal professionals believe we really need to approach it on a strictly legal basis, in a truly 'polished' political sense, rather than on an emotional or political level."
Supreme Court Justice Chun appeared at the plenary meeting of The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee that day and said, "Please take this as a statement offered out of devotion, for the realization of popular sovereignty by the government."
Chun emphasized, "What we feel is our greatest sense of duty is that if this historic case were, even by chance, to stall for a long time due to such constitutional disputes, or be nullified by a ruling of unconstitutionality, the judiciary would have to bear the ensuing judicial and historical responsibility—this is a critical crossroads."
In particular, Chun said, "Recently, every group—including the National Representative Judges' Conference, the Korean Bar Association, Lawyers for a Democratic Society, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), and the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice—has said that this bill carries potential unconstitutionality and should be approached with caution," and emphasized, "If one or two institutions said so, it could be the result of those institutions' bias or ignorance, but every institution is saying so."