Yoon Seok-yeol “Deprivation of the power of investigation by the prosecution destroys the spirit of the constitution… Please watch over the people”

Input 2021.03.02 08:34

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol strongly criticized the ruling party’s establishment of a grave crime investigation office (investigation office), saying, “The complete deprivation of the prosecution’s right to investigate is a regression of democracy and a destruction of the constitutional spirit.”

In an interview with the Kookmin Ilbo on the 1st, Yoon said, “It is an attempt to abolish the prosecution rather than shake the prosecution,” he said.

Yoon pointed out that the establishment of the investigation office was a collapse of the criminal justice system. “If legislation is implemented, the sphere of extraterritorial jurisdiction will expand,” he pointed out. “Usually citizens will be greatly reduced and they will not be able to properly claim freedom and rights.”

He added, “There is no law in any advanced judicial country that dismantles the prosecution and prevents investigation.”

Yun appealed for the public’s interest. When asked if it was necessary to expand the contact area with the National Assembly, he asked, “I hate the prosecution and the prosecutor general, so what kind of talent will you respond to what is being promoted?”

“If the prosecution is needed, I go to the National Assembly to explain it, but it is not something that can be prevented by expanding the contact area with the National Assembly. If it were to be done, it would not have come to this point.” I don’t feel it well, but it’s an important matter that has to do with the interests of the people,” he added.

General Yoon said, “I always bet on the job no matter what job I take on, and I have never compromised for the job. I will bet 100 times if I can bet and stop it,” he said. “As though Rome did not decline overnight, it was a detective. The judicial system will also slowly collapse without people being aware of it,” he criticized.