On the 30th, President Moon Jae-in nominated Park Bum-gye as a member of the Democratic Party to succeed Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae. Kim Jin-wook, senior researcher at the Constitutional Court, was selected as the candidate for the first high-ranking officials criminal investigation office (public prosecution) chief. All judges were selected as’two-top’ that will lead the Moon Jae-in administration’s last prosecution reform.
President Moon, worrying about dropping out until the day of the announcement
Park “Listen to the voices of the people, complete the prosecution reform”
Save words to establish a relationship with President Yoon Suk-yeol
When it comes to gukgam, it’s also called “Be in a straight position”
After working as a judge for the Seoul, Jeonju, and Daejeon Law, Candidate Park Bum-gye took off his legal uniform in 2002 and entered politics as a legal advisor to the then-president candidate Roh Moo-hyun. Moo-hyun Roh served as secretary for civil affairs 2 and legal secretary at the Blue House. He was elected as the 19th-21st member of the National Assembly and served as secretary of the Legal Justice Committee and the Special Committee on Judicial Reform. Chung Man-ho, chief of public communication at the Blue House, introduced Candidate Park at a personnel presentation briefing, saying, “We have been contributing to the resolution of various irregularities in our society and the development of democracy.”
Ministerial personnel from three ministries
Candidate Park met with reporters at the National Assembly and expressed his feelings, “I will listen to the voices of the people and complete the reform of the prosecution.” In the legal community, it is expected that Park’s immediate task is to settle the adjustment of the revised investigation right to be implemented from next year without noise. Since the Democratic Party is insisting on the’Prosecution Reform Season 2′, which completely separates the right to investigate and the right to prosecute, Candidate Park should also play a role in coordinating this.
It is also a task to improve relations with the prosecution, whose emotions deepened during the time of Minister Chu. Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is the motive of Candidate Park and Judicial Examination (33 times) and Judicial Research and Training Institute (23rd term). Yun is three years old. Candidate Park saved his words, “I will tell you later” when asked, “How will you establish a relationship with President Yoon?” However, “President Moon said that the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution should have a stable cooperative relationship and that through that, the prosecution reform should be achieved. I know that as a guideline for me.”
President Moon said that until the day of the announcement, he was worried about who he would choose as the candidate for the Minister of Justice. On the afternoon of the previous day, a Blue House official said, “President Moon and Minister of Justice finally carried two cards.” Among them, the most influential card was Park candidate. In particular, the Democratic Party’s recommendation for Park was strong. Concerns about the’Park Beom-gye card’ were raised around the Blue House, but in the end, President Moon’s choice was candidate Park. The Democratic Party said, “Now that the legislative tasks of the prosecution reform are generally finished, it seems that President Moon has chosen a person to stably take over.” Also, “I know that Minister Chu strongly recommended candidate Park. As much as hearing the talk of being a’compromisingist’ in the party, unlike in the days of Minister Chu, the prosecution reform would not be solved without an emotional fight” (the Democratic Party Supreme Commissioner) expressed expectations.
However, at a recent national audit, Candidate Park yelled at Yoon, saying, “Keep your posture straight,” and established a clear confrontation. Candidate Park accused him, “I think Seok-Yeol Yoon’s justice is’selective justice’,” and President Yoon said, “Did you not like that about me in the past? Isn’t that also a selective doubt?” In addition, it is said that it is difficult to quickly determine the relationship between him and Yoon, even because of the influence of pro-moon supporters who criticize Yun.
On the other hand, President Moon’s selection of researcher Kim Jin-wook, former judge as the first candidate for the head of the airlift, is an analysis that the nomination of a’non-prosecutor’ was a fixed procedure as the purpose of launching the airlift was focused on checking the prosecution.
Reporters Yoon Seong-min and Ha Jun-ho [email protected]