Democratic Party pressures Chief Justice Cho Hee-de with impeachment push... Urges halt to 'trial delays'

The Democratic Party of Korea claimed that the Supreme Court's delay in trial proceedings led to the release of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, and moved to pursue impeachment of Chief Justice Cho Hee-de. Opposition pressure on the chief justice is spreading.

The Democratic Party placed responsibility for trial schedule management on the chief justice, urging Cho Hee-de to "stop the political trial aimed at erasing the insurrection."

The trial delay refers to a situation where, if a criminal trial takes so long—from first instance to final appeal—that the defendant's detention period expires, the defendant is released.