President Moon Jae-in and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol are giving a national rite at the Anti-Corruption Policy Council held at the Blue House on the afternoon of November 8 last year. [청와대사진기자단]
– President Moon Jae-in approved the two-month suspension of disciplinary action by Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol on the 16th. It has been 14 hours and 20 minutes since the Prosecutors’ Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Justice made the first disciplinary decision against the incumbent prosecutor general. Two hours and ten minutes later, an order was delivered to President Yoon, stating that his duties will be suspended for two months from 0 o’clock on the 17th. It took 13 days when Yoon was disciplined (one month of honesty) in the process of investigating the suspicion of the National Intelligence Service’s involvement in the presidential election in 2013.
First Prosecutor General’Two Months of Honesty’
Chu Mi-ae reports disciplinary action and expresses gratitude
President “Chu, fulfilling reform with momentum”
Nine former presidents made a statement on “the threat of the rule of law”
Yoon Seok-yeol “I will correct the illegal measures”
– It is a great quick fix. In short, since Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae announced the exclusion of General Yoon’s duties on the 24th of last month, in the long run, the next step after ending the “confrontation” between the ruling forces and President Yoon since the “country of the country” at the end of last year (launch of the high-ranking officials criminal investigation office) There is also an intention to move on to. However, it is unlikely that’the first in the history of consecration’ has increased confusion by pushing out the’first in the history of consecration’. In particular, if the line of conflict so far has been the appearance of’Chu Mi-ae (or Motherland) vs. Yoon Seok-yeol’, the opposition party is raising the voice of “President Moon” (former member Yoo Seung-min) at the home of President Moon. It is a transition to the so-called’Moon Jae-in vs. Yoon Seok-yeol’. It is a warning of further chaos.
President Moon received a 70-minute disciplinary report from Minister Chu. After returning home, Chung Man-ho, chief of public communication at the Blue House, said, “I take it heavily as a person with the authority to nominate the fact that it has led to the unprecedented situation of discipline of the president. “I am very sorry to the people,” he said, “an opportunity for the prosecution to stand right” or “a new start of the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution after ending the confusion surrounding the disciplinary action of the president.” He added, “If it was not for the momentum and determination of Minister Chu, reforms of power institutions, including the reform of the airlift and the right of investigation, would not have been possible,” he said. “I am particularly grateful for faithfully fulfilling the duties assigned by the times.”
In addition, with the report of the disciplinary action, Minister Chu highly praised for his voice and decision to move away. “We will consider it in the future to determine whether or not to accept it. Please do your best to the end.” The Blue House explained, “Even if the President decides to replace Minister Chu today, considering the process of selecting a successor, he must serve as minister for a couple of months.” This means that there is a high possibility that Chu will also serve during Yoon’s disciplinary period. “Accepting the decision of the disciplinary committee” is a statement that reveals President Moon’s aggressiveness, contrary to the claim of the Blue House.
Through the lawyer Lee Wan-gyu, the legal representative, Yoon said, “The prosecution’s political neutrality, independence and rule of law have been seriously damaged,” and said, “We will correct the mistakes according to the procedures established in the constitution and laws.” It is expected that an administrative lawsuit will be filed with an application for suspension of disciplinary enforcement soon.
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Formally, he is facing Minister Chu, but he is actually facing President Moon. This will also be the first in the history of constitution.
Kim Jong-in, head of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee, said, “I hope the President will see as a cold judgment how the President and President Yoon are confronting each other to make a trial and litigation.”
Previously, nine former prosecutors’ generals, including Song Kwang-soo, Kim Soo-nam, and Moon Moo-il, also unusually stated, “This disciplinary procedure should be stopped because there is too much concern that this disciplinary procedure will be the beginning of a threat to the democracy and rule of law that the Korean people have built up.” Came out. They said, “Apart from being questioned whether the reason for this disciplinary action must go through such a procedure, we are concerned that such a disciplinary procedure would neutralize the prosecutor general and hold him accountable as a factor that hinders the normal operation of the judicial process.” Said. “This disciplinary action will effectively force the prosecutor’s office to cease the term of office guaranteed by the law. This will be a precedent that makes it difficult for the Prosecutor General to make any decisions with fair and confident confidence, independent of political influence.” did.
In the joint statement that day, members appointed after former President Gak-yeong Kim, the last prosecutor general of the Kim Dae-jung administration, participated. Former Presidents Song Kwang-soo, Kim Jong-bin, Jeong Sang-myeong, and Lim Chae-jin of the Roh Moo-hyun administration all participated, and former president Kim Jun-gyu during the Lee Myung-bak administration, former president Kim Jin-tae and Kim Soo-nam of the Park Geun-hye administration, and former prosecutor general Moon Moo-il, the first prosecutor general of the Moon Jae-in administration, also agreed.
Passports are pushing for the’prosecution reform’, especially the launch of the airlift. On the 10th, when the Airlift Act passed the National Assembly, President Moon said, “The beginning of the New Year 2021” as the deadline for launching. The Minister of Airborne Candidate Nomination Committee actually nailed the 18th as the date of recommendation for the Minister of Airlift. The Democratic Party leader Kim Tae-nyeon also said, “We need to spur the launch of the airlift.” It is said that the launch date of the airlift as the goal of the passport is around January 10th next year. In case the opposition party refuses to adopt the personnel hearing report, it takes into account the period of President Moon’s request for retransmission.
Political Editor Jeong Ae Jeong, reporters Taehwa Kang and Kwangwoo Kang [email protected]
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