The flag of the Constitutional Court docket is seen exterior the courtroom constructing in Seoul, March 12. Yonhap
The Constitutional Court docket on Thursday rejected a movement impeaching the chief state auditor over his alleged poor evaluate of suspected irregularities surrounding the 2022 relocation of the presidential workplace and residence.
The courtroom dismissed the movement in a unanimous 8-0 vote, instantly returning Choe Jae-hae, chair of the Board of Audit and Inspection, to his duties.
By regulation, the consent of at the very least six justices is required to uphold an impeachment.
„(The BAI) performed an audit of whether or not legally set procedures have been adopted within the decision-making course of behind the relocation of the presidential workplace and residence, and there are not any circumstances suggesting it was a poor audit,“ the courtroom stated.
The courtroom additionally rejected allegations within the impeachment movement that Choe carried out an audit concentrating on Jeon Hyun-heui, former chair of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Fee, to strain her to resign.
Choe had been impeached by the opposition-controlled Nationwide Meeting in December. (Yonhap)
