Justice Minister Park Beom-gye said, “It must be a person for reform of the prosecution.” She appeared on the CBS radio’Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ on the morning of the 4th. We will consider the opinion of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, but it is clear that the main stem of the personnel direction is’prosecution reform’.
Justice Minister Park Beom-gye attends the State Council meeting held at the Seoul Government Complex on the 2nd. On the same day, Minister Park met with Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol at various places in Seoul to share opinions on high-ranking prosecutors. yunhap news
“I will consider the prosecution’s internal demands… ”
Minister Park said, “The general prosecution’s internal demands for organizational stability should be considered as factors of consideration. “I don’t think that the two things, prosecution reform and organizational stability are contradictory,” he said. “For now, the prosecution reform and personnel are also related.” He stressed that “protection of human rights in the field of investigation and due process, these things are important.”
Minister Park, who met with General Yoon on the 2nd to share opinions on personnel at the prosecutors’ office, repeatedly emphasized that it was an’official position’. “In the past, there were accusations that the minister and the president were talking in a closed room regarding the prosecutor’s personnel, so we met very officially, including the attendees, not through an inappropriate meal,” he said. He added, “I try to make it clear that it was listening to opinions, not consultations with the Prosecutor General.”
“I will meet with 尹 one more time… I’m going to meet you with the personnel details.”
Minister Park also said, “At the first meeting (with President Yoon), we had (conversation) about the standards for personnel, and we plan to meet one more time in the future, and at that time, we will meet with a specific proposal.” When asked,’Would it be possible to greet people before the New Year’, he said, “There is no final confirmation on the timing and method of (greeting), seats and placement of people, etc.,” he said. “Of course, it is quite concrete.” Suggested.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is receiving questions from reporters while entering the Ministry of Justice of the Gwacheon Government Complex to prevent Justice Minister Park Beom-gye on the morning of the 1st. President Yoon met for about 15 minutes just before the inauguration ceremony of Minister Park and had a conversation. yunhap news
Minister Park also introduced several requests from President Moon Jae-in regarding the prosecution. ① Prosecutors must participate in the reform of the prosecution ② The adjustment of the prosecutor’s and police’s authority, which has been implemented since the beginning of this year, must be settled.
Regarding the suspected illegal emergency departure ban by Kim Hak-eui, former Vice Minister of Justice, who said, “The transfer of the high-ranking officials criminal investigation office (aircraft agency) is correct” at the National Assembly personnel hearing on the 25th of last month, “The conditions of the reality that the prosecution is investigating is another matter. In the end, Kim Jin-wook’s thoughts are key,” he stepped back.
“Important Value of Distributing the Authority of the Attorney General”
Minister Park also showed a cautious attitude, saying, “In principle, the direction seems to be right” regarding the plan to completely separate the right of investigation and prosecution, which the Democratic Party is promoting as’Prosecution Reform Season 2′. . He said, “Whatever it is, it is very important to improve the organizational culture of the prosecution by joining prosecutors in the reform, and it must be clearly considered that the state’s investigative capacity or total amount of investigations should not create loopholes through system improvement.”
The decentralization of dividing the power of the prosecutor general and distributing it to the high prosecutors and the prosecutors at the front line was “a very important value” and suggested a policy to actively pursue it. Minister Park announced that he would continue to meet with General Yoon to discuss such matters even after the prosecution.
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