Democratic Party Unlikely to Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae

The host criticized the Democratic Party for its tendency to overuse the word "insurrection" at every turn.

Whether to pursue impeachment is expected to be an important variable in the Democratic Party's future strategy.

If the impeachment attempt fails, a fierce backlash could hit Representative Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party, likely leaving them facing criticism of "impeaching Lee Jae-myung."

It could also spark controversy over infringing on the independence of the judiciary and provoke collective resistance from judges, and there are concerns that impeaching the Supreme Court chief justice, who holds judicial personnel authority, could work against them in their own trials.

The justice with the longest service is currently cited as Justice Cheon Dae-yeop, appointed under the Moon Jae-in administration, and there are various assessments of his conservative leanings.

It points out that even if a justice to the Democratic Party's liking were newly appointed, repeatedly impeaching the Supreme Court chief justice is realistically impossible, and that considering Representative Lee Jae-myung's trial situation, an impeachment attempt could actually work against him.

If a competence dispute were filed, an unprecedented situation would arise in which the presidential office and the Supreme Court would simultaneously be judged by the Constitutional Court, and it is interpreted that the presidential office withdrew it out of concern over the possibility of a ruling that Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's opinion was correct.

It is interpreted as a strategy to nominate Kim Yong for the party branch chairmanship that will become vacant due to Representative Han Jun-ho's move, and the sense of crisis that the representative's political life is at stake if he cannot silence Kim is cited as the background.

There is a plan to nominate former Deputy Director Kim Yong to the party branch chairmanship post that will become vacant as Representative Han Jun-ho moves to become chief of staff, and this is interpreted as reflecting the sense of crisis that Representative Lee Jae-myung's political life could be endangered if he cannot silence former Deputy Director Kim.