The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee decided to hold an emergency current affairs hearing on September 30th regarding allegations that Chief Justice Jo Hee-dae of the Supreme Court intervened in the presidential election. The hearing will include 13 witnesses, including Chief Justice Jo Hee-dae, four justices including Justice Lee Hong-gu, and former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo. The Democratic Party raised allegations of Chief Justice Jo's presidential election intervention based on the fact that the Supreme Court's decision in the case involving President Lee Jae-myung's alleged violation of the Public Official Election Act was made unusually quickly with the implication of a guilty verdict through retrial. The People Power Party is criticizing the hearing as 'judicial destruction' and pushing back against what it calls a political attack by the Democratic Party.
