Joo Ho-young “There was a concern regarding bias, but it became a reality”
Court “The judge is not affiliated with a specific group”
People’s Strength Emergency Response Committee Chairman Ho-Young Joo argued that the judge was from a specific research group when citing the court’s application for an injunction to suspend the effect of non-subrogation. The court refuted this, saying, “This is not true.”
Chairman Joo met reporters at the National Assembly on the 26th and said regarding the outcome of the trial, “There was a concern that there would be bias and strange results, but that concern seems to have come true.” He said, “How absurd it is that the court decided that it was not an emergency, even though the party defined it as an emergency. explained that
“The party will have a general meeting of members of the House of Representatives convened tomorrow (27th) at 4 pm, so we plan to listen to the opinions of the lawyers involved in this trial and decide the course of the party.”
On this day, the Civil Division 51 of the Seoul Southern District Court (Chief Judge Hwang Jung-soo) partially accepted the application for injunction filed by former CEO Lee Jun-seok, asking to suspend the transition to the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee (non-captain). It is judged that if Chairman Joo holds a national convention to elect a new party leader, there is a risk of irreparable damage because the former representative cannot return to the party even following the period of suspension of party membership has passed. Accordingly, it was decided to suspend the execution of the duties of the state chairperson until the judgment on the merits becomes final.
Earlier, in a statement issued to the press immediately following the court’s decision on the provisional injunction, Chairman Joo said, “I cannot understand today’s decision that the power of the people is not an emergency.” He said, “It is very embarrassing. It undermines the constitutional spirit of party autonomy.”
Regarding Chairman Joo’s remark that ‘the judge is from a specific research group’, there was also an argument that he would belong to the ‘Korea Law Research Society’ or ‘International Human Rights Law Research Society’, a group of progressive judges. In this regard, the Seoul Southern District Court stated in a notice, “Judge Hwang is not a member of the Korean Law Research Association or the International Human Rights Law Research Society.”
Oh Se-seong, reporter at Hankyung.com sesung@hankyung.com