Last Hearing in Presidential Impeachment Case to be Held On April 27

The Constitutional Court will make a final verdict on the presidential impeachment after holding the last hearing of the case on April 27. “After the last hearing, we will retire to chambers and have a justice’s discussion on the next day, April 28, and review the case,” said Chief Judge Joo Sun-hoi.

Joo added that the date of verdict will be decided during the justice’s discussion after the last hearing and predicted that it might be sometime in mid-May.

Taking the importance of this case into account, the Constitutional Court will reach a final ruling by combining each judge’s opinion together over each point of issue, which is different from the usual way of writing out a decision based on each judge’s vote for or against a particular verdict.

Meanwhile, attorneys for the Assembly and Mr. Roh’s attorneys held a plenary meeting on that day and discussed strategy for the final hearing.

Sang-Rok Lee myzodan@donga.com