**”Criticism of Presidential System in the Book ‘Constitutional Moments'”**
**”Posted on Blog a Week After Yoon’s Dismissal”**
On April 24, it was revealed that Moon Hyeong-bae, who recently retired as acting Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, wrote on his blog about the conflicts between the president and the National Assembly that have no solution, following the dismissal of former President Yoon Seok-yeol. Moon posted his thoughts on the book “Constitutional Moments” by constitutional scholar Park Hyuk on his blog a week after the dismissal.
Moon has been using his blog to share his reading diary and thoughts on judicial reform. In his blog post, he discussed having read “Constitutional Moments,” which records the 20-day deliberation and passage of the Constitution from June 23 to July 12, 1948. He noted that Yoo Jin-oh, an expert member who played a leading role in drafting the constitutional proposal, identified the most significant issue of the presidential system not as the risk of dictatorship, but as the lack of solutions to conflicts easily arising between the president and the National Assembly.
At his retirement ceremony on April 18, Moon remarked that in a presidential system, there are no mechanisms to resolve political gridlocks if communication and compromise between the president and the National Assembly fail. He emphasized that the Constitutional Court could open a path to resolution by making decisions that are factually and legitimately sound, which constitutional institutions would then respect. His comments suggest that he was contemplating the role of the Constitutional Court in addressing such conflicts before his retirement.
Additionally, on April 12, Moon shared his thoughts on the book “When Names Become Laws” by lawyer Jung Hye-jin, noting that referring to laws by the names of individuals related to them brings to mind their stories.