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Acting President Choi tells lawmakers he declined justice's appointment due to 'lack of consensus'

국회 의원들에게 '여야 합의 부족'으로 인해 헌법재판관 임명을 거부했다고 말한 최상목 대통령 권한대행

[특보] 내란 혐의 국조특위 3차 청문회…최상목 대행 출석

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[특보] 내란 혐의 국조특위 3차 청문회…최상목 대행 출석

Published: 06 Feb. 2025, 16:31 The Korea JoongAng Daily / 중앙일보

MICHAEL LEE lee.junhyuk@joongang.co.kr

Acting President Choi Sang-mok, right, speaks while sitting next to impeached Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Feb. 6. [NEWS1]

Acting President Choi Sang-mok told a parliamentary committee investigating the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law that he declined to appoint Judge Ma Eun-hyuk to the Constitutional Court because of "a lack of bipartisan consensus" on Thursday.

Choi, who attended the committee’s third hearing at the National Assembly alongside impeached Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, told Rep. Joo Jin-woo of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) that he would be willing to proceed with Ma’s nomination if the PPP and the liberal Democratic Party (DP) could agree on the appointment.

Han, who became acting president upon President Yoon Suk Yeol’s suspension from office on Dec. 14, was also impeached on Dec. 27 after refusing to fill three spots on the nine-member court bench. He, too, argued that vacancies in the Constitutional Court should be filled by bipartisan agreement.

Although Choi appointed the PPP-backed Jo Han-chang and DP-backed Jeong Gye-seon by way of a political compromise, he has held off on appointing Ma, whose candidacy has been opposed by the PPP.

National Speaker Woo Won-shik filed a competence dispute case to the Constitutional Court last month alleging that Choi's refusal to appoint Ma constituted an “infringement of the National Assembly’s authority.”

Under the Constitutional Court Act, the president, National Assembly and the chief justice of the Supreme Court have the right to appoint three justices each to the bench.

In his comments during the hearing, Joo argued that the three spots on the Constitutional Court bench reserved for candidates selected by the National Assembly have “usually been filled by one person nominated by the ruling party, one nominated by the opposition party and one chosen by bipartisan consensus.”

The PPP lawmaker noted that even after a candidate has been selected after negotiations between the two parties, the nomination could be canceled if previously unknown issues came to light during confirmation hearings.

Joo also blamed the DP for the political controversy surrounding the three vacancies on the Constitutional Court, arguing that the seats remained empty long after the previous incumbents’ terms expired in October last year because “the DP refused to abide by established norms.”

Joo further argued that “confirmation hearings for the new justices did not take place because the PPP opposed holding a parliamentary vote to nominate the candidates, making it clear that Ma is a candidate regarding whom there is no bipartisan consensus.”

In response to Joo’s remarks, Choi said that he shared the PPP lawmaker’s assessment that the parties had failed to reach an agreement regarding the court nominations.

Choi also came under fire from DP lawmakers during Thursday’s committee hearing for receiving a memo that included a plan to establish a temporary legislative body to bypass the National Assembly under Yoon’s martial law decree.

However, he told the committee that he was “too stunned” by Yoon’s sudden decision to declare martial law “to pay much attention to the folded piece of paper” handed to him by an unspecified individual.

In response to DP Rep. Kim Byung-joo’s question regarding why he did not read the note, Choi said he thought it was an informal message rather than an official memo.

Choi said he only read the note at 1:50 a.m. on Dec. 4, after the National Assembly had voted to rescind Yoon’s decree. He said he decided to ignore the memo.

During the third hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on Jan. 21, Yoon denied handing such a note to Choi.

Kim Yong-hyun, Yoon’s former defense minister, later testified that he wrote the memo.

Prime Minister Han told lawmakers at Thursday’s committee hearing that all of Yoon’s ministers who were present at the Dec. 3 Cabinet meeting opposed the president’s announcement that he planned to declare martial law.

Han also said the gathering did not follow Cabinet meeting protocols.

Update, Feb. 6: Choi's response to DP Rep. Kim Byung-joo and Han's remarks added.

BY MICHAEL LEE [lee.junhyuk@joongang.co.kr]

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[특보] 내란 혐의 국조특위 3차 청문회…최상목 대행 출석

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[특보] 내란 혐의 국조특위 3차 청문회…최상목 대행 출석

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국회에서는 내란 혐의 국정조사특위의 3차 청문회가 열리고 있습니다.

오전 청문회에 출석한 최상목 대통령 권한대행을 중심으로 비상입법기구 설치 의혹과 마은혁 헌법재판관 임명 관련 질의가 이어졌습니다.

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내란 혐의 진상규명을 위한 국정조사특위의 세 번째 청문회, 청문회에 처음 출석한 최상목 대통령 권한대행에게 야당 위원들은 계엄 당시 윤석열 대통령이 건넨 문건을 집중 추궁했습니다.

[김병주/국회 국정조사특위 위원/더불어민주당 : "45년 만에 한 비상계엄인데 대통령이 준 지시 문서를 부총리가 안 봤다는 것은 상식적으로 이해가 안 가죠."]

[민병덕/국회 국정조사특위 위원/더불어민주당 : "이 지시 문서가 원하는 목표가 무엇일까요? 계엄의 통치 자금을 마련하라, 두 번째 윤석열 본인 입맛에 맞는 법안을 찍어 내는 새로운 입법기구를 만들라."]

최 대행은 당시 문건을 보지 않았고 내용을 안 뒤에도 지시를 따르지 않았다고 했습니다.

[최상목/대통령 권한대행 : "계엄과 관련된 문건으로 인지를 했습니다. 그래서 '우리는 뭐 이건 무시하기로 했으니까 덮어 놓자, 무시하자고' 하고 보지는 않았습니다."]

여당 위원들은 마은혁 헌법재판관 후보자 임명 보류 정당성과 함께 헌재 편향성을 거듭 강조했습니다.

[주진우/국정조사특위 위원/국민의힘 : "마은혁 후보는 여야 합의가 되지 않은 후보라고 저는 판단하고 있는데 대행께서는 어떻게 생각하고 계십니까?"]

[장동혁/국정조사특위 위원/국민의힘 : "가장 큰 문제는 (헌재가) 중립적이고 공정하게 재판을 받을 재판을 할 것이라고 믿는 국민들이 그렇게 많지 않다는 데 있습니다."]

한덕수 국무총리는 헌법재판소를 둘러싼 공정성 논란을 언급하며 작심 발언했습니다.

[한덕수/국무총리 : "국민들이 정말 납득할 수 있는 그러한 판결이 아니면 정말 우리나라에 있어서의 중대한 이런 국민적 분열, 의견 분열에 대해서 정말 큰 걱정을 하고 있습니다."]

기본소득당 용혜인 의원이 이진우 전 수방사령관에 질의하는 과정에서 여야 위원 간 고성이 오가는 등 충돌했는데, 용 의원은 국민의힘 강선영, 임종득 의원이 막말을 했다며 국회 윤리위원회에 제소했습니다.

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