Appointment of Constitutional Court judges can only be made by the President as the head of state
Receiving an appointment letter from a minister must be quite embarrassing for a Constitutional Court judge, criticized
Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu .News1
, ‘【Financial News Daegu=Reporter Kim Jang-wook】 “Both lawmaker Lee Jae-myung, who is pushing the country towards anarchy, and Acting President and Deputy Prime Minister (Minister of Strategy and Finance) Choi Sang-mok, who is playing the role of president during this chaos, are equally to blame. People are struggling to live.” ‘,
, ‘Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu, strongly criticized Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, and Choi Sang-mok, acting president and minister of strategy and finance, on his Facebook on the 2nd. ‘,
, ‘Mayor Hong stated, “Appointment of Constitutional Court judges can only be carried out by the president, who is the head of state, as per the Constitution,” saying, “It’s laughable that a minister is exercising the power of appointment when we clearly still have a president.” ‘,
, ‘He added, “During the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn only appointed a constitutional judge after the decision was made by the Constitutional Court,” and commented, “After Han Duk-soo’s dismissal as acting president, the appointment of constitutional judges is constitutionally off the table, but the Minister of Strategy and Finance’s presidential act has gone too far.” ‘,
, ‘Lastly, he remarked, “How embarrassing must it be for a Constitutional Court judge to receive an appointment letter from a mere minister?” and criticized that “the Minister of Strategy and Finance’s presidential act is truly staggering.” ‘,
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