Blue House Won't Challenge Chief Justice's Rejection of Nominee

The Blue House announced on September 22 that it will not consider filing a constitutional dispute with the Constitutional Court regarding Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's rejection of a request to re-nominate a Supreme Court justice candidate.

A Blue House official conveyed this information in a media briefing on the morning of the same day.

Earlier, President Lee Jae-myung had requested that Chief Justice Cho not submit the confirmation motion for Supreme Court nominee Son Bong-ki to the National Assembly, to which Cho responded the previous day that he would not comply.

This led to speculation that the Blue House might question whether Cho's actions infringed upon the president's appointment authority before the Constitutional Court.