Yoon Seok-yeol, the last prosecutor general? Contemplating even reaching the investigation office crash

In addition, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is deepening his deliberation about the complete abolition of the prosecution’s right to investigate passports such as the Democratic Party and the promotion of a new bill to establish a serious criminal investigation office (investigation office). This is because if the law is initiated by the Investigation Office in early March and passed by the National Assembly in the first half of the year as planned by the ruling party, Yoon, who will take office in July, can become the last prosecutor general.

According to officials at the prosecutor’s office on the 25th, Yoon is repeatedly contemplating whether he will take his own initiative and oppose the passport investigation office. This is because the establishment of the investigation office is not just a matter of the prosecution organization’s fate, but as a serious matter that can influence the national criminal justice system.

However, there are many disagreements within the Blue House and the ruling party regarding the deprivation of the prosecution’s right to investigate (complete separation of investigation and prosecution) through the establishment of the investigative agency, and the opinion that “it is not the time for the president to go directly” There are also many.

Accordingly, there are observations that there is a possibility that Yoon may directly reveal its position after the Democratic Party confirmed the bill of the Investigation Office as the party’s opinion and proposed it to the National Assembly.

On the other hand, a former high-ranking prosecution official said, “The Democratic Party’s intention to speed up the promotion of the investigation office is that it is intended to make Yun himself withdraw this time after the failed attempt by former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae at the end of last year.” did.

Inside the prosecution, in the pursuit of the passport investigation office, “Would you like to dismantle the prosecution altogether after two months of the prosecution reform that reduced the prosecution power to six major crimes?”, “The prosecutor who investigated living power will only leave a’skin’.” The voice of rebellion is growing.

First of all, since January of this year, a bill from the Investigation Office came out before the’Prosecution Reform Season 1′, called the enforcement of the reconciliation of the prosecutor’s and police investigation rights and the launch of the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (airport department), took place.

Kim Jin-wook also said at the Kwanhoon Club debate on the 26th, “If one day suddenly (the system) changes, the right to argue will be affected and the people can suffer the most damage.” “Institutional reform should be done over time from the public standpoint.” Expressed concern.

The deputy prosecutor of the Metropolitan District District Prosecutor’s Office also said, “The separation of investigation and prosecution is not a matter of power disputes such as adjustment of the investigative power, but a problem of the entire national judicial system including the current criminal procedure law procedure.” I can’t” he pointed out.

It is also pointed out that a new’prosecution reform’ bill is created whenever an investigation targeting the governments such as Cho Kook, former Minister of Justice and Wolseong nuclear power plant proceeds. The passport bill was announced on the 8th, four days after the prosecution requested an arrest warrant for allegedly instructing former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Baek Woon-gyu to manipulate the economic evaluation of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1 (excuse of abuse, etc.).

In 2018, when even former Minister Cho was the chief civil servant, he explained that “the prosecution’s direct investigation is recognized only for special investigations that the prosecution is already doing well.” At the time, it was in the midst of an investigation into the redemption against the former regimes of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, not the current regime.

The result of the coordination of prosecutors’ and light-investigative powers led by former Minister Cho was that from January of this year, the prosecutors had only investigated six major crimes, including corruption, economy, public officials, elections, defense projects, and catastrophe.

In addition, there are criticisms that it will be more difficult to correct the insolvency investigations of the police and national investigation headquarters as well as the newly established investigation office if the six major criminal investigation rights are abolished in a situation where the prosecution’s authority to conduct investigations and request for complementary investigations remain.

One high-ranking prosecution officer was concerned that “in the future, the National Investigation Headquarters and the Investigation Office could become the unchecked police-footed central investigation department (middle-water department).”

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