Korean Democratic Party Threatening to Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice

South Korea really needs a Constitutional convention because the Koren Democratic Party just continues to abuse their impeachment power. Now they are planning to impeach the Supreme Court Chief Justice because they don’t like how the court ruled on the election law violation case involving their leader Lee Ja-myung. They have no cause to impeach him other than they don’t like how the court ruled. It wasn’t like the decision was even close, it was a 10-2 verdict and they still want to impeach him:

The Democratic Party (DP) was set to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday during which it was expected to discuss measures to the Supreme Court’s decision to remand an election law violation case involving its presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung.

During an emergency general meeting of its lawmakers later in the day, the DP is likely to discuss whether to push for the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, who handed down the ruling last week. 

The Supreme Court ruled that Lee should be retried on allegations of making false statements during the 2022 presidential campaign and sent the case back to the Seoul High Court, reviving the possibility that Lee could receive a sentence barring him from running in the June 3 presidential election.

The DP has strongly condemned the court’s unusually swift ruling on the high-profile case, calling it a “judicial coup.”

Yonhap

The only coup going on is the from the Korean Democratic Party which continues to impeach members of the government. Their continuing impeachment of government officials is what directly led to the failed martial law plan by impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. Their impeachment actions combined with Yoon’s failed martial law attempt has done nothing, but destablize what had been strong Democratic nation.