Order’speed control’, government affairs report
The Ministry of Justice also “reviewed plans to empathize with the public”
President Moon Jae-in is receiving a report from Justice Minister Park Beom-gye at the report on the affairs of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security held at the Blue House on the afternoon of the 8th. yunhap news
The Ministry of Justice said in the President’s business report on the 8th that it would review the prosecution’s “measures for separating the right of investigation and prosecution,” represented by the establishment of the Severe Crime Investigation Office (Investigation Office). President Moon Jae-in also set the goal of’separation of the prosecution’s right to investigate and prosecute’ on this day, but repeatedly called for institutional settlement, such as a proposal to adjust the investigative powers of the prosecutors’ office that took effect in January. It is analyzed that the Blue House and the government focused on the so-called’speed control theory’ regarding the establishment of the investigation office. On that day, the Ministry of Justice reported to President Moon the ‘2021 Business Promotion Plan’ containing the details of the establishment of the new criminal justice system and the reorganization of the prosecution organization at the Blue House. We will review the’investigation and prosecution separation plan’ that can be resonant. At a press briefing on the day, Shim Woo-jung, head of the planning and coordination department, said, “It is important that the new system is settled and the capacity to investigate anti-corruption does not retreat.” I plan to do it.” While keeping pace with the separation of the right to investigate and prosecute that the ruling party is pursuing, it puts weight on the theory of speed control because of public sympathy and the establishment of a new system. It is also a response that takes into account concerns that the’speed battle’ of separating the right of investigation and prosecution while the police’s investigative capacity has not been verified, and the prosecution’s opposition to the crime response will increase the gap. President Moon also received a business report that day and ordered sufficient discussion, saying that the prosecution’s separation of the right to investigate and prosecute for the protection of checks and balances and human rights was a “direction to go steadily.” Regarding the separation of the right to investigate and prosecute, President Moon said, “It is a legislative area, but there should be a variety of opinions including members of the prosecution.” I ask you to do it.” This is the first time that President Moon made a direct public remark on the separation of the right to investigate and prosecute after the passport investigation office was promoted. President Moon also emphasized that “the prosecution is the backbone of the realization of our social justice and is the most trusted authority”. “The prosecution reform can only succeed if the prosecution takes the lead in reforming itself.” He added, “We must be able to give the public confidence that the prosecution’s investigation is not arbitrary or selective, but that it is fair. Accordingly, there must be a fair system improvement.” It is interpreted that it is interpreted that the fact that even if the former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol resigned in opposition to the promotion of the Investigation Office, and the Blue House and the ruling party “adjust the speed”, it is interpreted that it has repeatedly confirmed that it does not mean that the government will stop the prosecution reform that has been promoted so far. Meanwhile, Minister of Public Administration and Security Jeon Hae-cheol reported to President Moon on the follow-up measures for the adjustment of the investigative powers of the prosecutors and the policy directions related to the implementation of the autonomous police system. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security decided to establish a triple screening system including the investigative examiner, the responsible investigative leader, and the Police Investigation Citizen’s Committee to enhance the completion of the police investigation. In this regard, President Moon mentioned several times’organic cooperation’ and’close consultation’ between the prosecution and the police. President Moon said, “In the process of adjusting the power of investigation, the two agencies may have differed positions, but now it is an organic cooperation, and the response capacity of the national investigative agency must be maximized.” I said. Regarding the investigation of the 3rd new city speculation suspicion by the police, President Moon specifically ordered the prosecution for “organic cooperation with the police to establish the investigation know-how, techniques, and direction.” By Ok Ki-won and Lee Wan, staff reporter