The vote on the approval of the appointment of three new judges of the South Korean Constitutional Court is imminent, and the ruling party announced a boycott.

On December 26, Jinshi Data News, local time on the morning of December 26, the ruling party of South Korea, the National Power Party, announced that it will boycott the approval of the new Constitutional Court judges appointment, which is scheduled to be held in the South Korean National Assembly in the afternoon. However, as the opposition parties in South Korea have the majority of seats in the National Assembly, the ruling party’s non-participation in the vote will not affect the voting result. It is expected that the South Korean National Assembly will pass the relevant proposal on the afternoon of December 26, and then urge the Prime Minister Han Dezhao, who is acting as the President, to formally appoint the three new Constitutional Court judges. Previously, South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, stated that if Han Dezhao refuses the appointment, they will immediately impeach him. (Currently, the Constitutional Court of South Korea only has six judges. According to relevant South Korean laws, it is required to fill up to nine judges, so the South Korean National Assembly recently designated three candidates and held a personnel appointment hearing.)