Pay attention to the 1st case of’Airlift with Anchor’… “Political Neutral Test Bench”

-The high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (the Airborne Division), which was President Moon Jae-in’s’No. 1 pledge’, overcame a number of controversies and raised the anchor. In the future, the Ministry of Airborne will begin to form a full-fledged organization, headed by Kim Jin-wook, the first director, and attention is paid to where and how the airborne will aim the first blade.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Ministry of Public Transport held a signboard unveiling ceremony at the Gwacheon Government Complex on the previous day at 4 pm and announced the inauguration. Prior to this, Director Kim’s inauguration ceremony was also held.

The current administration put emphasis on the airlift as the first pledge of President Moon, but it was launched almost four years after the administration was inaugurated. The Airlift Act was on the fast track (rapid handling agenda) after the violence in the National Assembly, and it came into force in July last year. After the law came into force, he was caught up in the recommendation of the first director, and Kim was appointed after revising the airlift law led by the ruling party.

The reason why the inauguration process was difficult was that the authority given to the airlift was so powerful. The Ministry of Public Affairs investigates corruption during the presidency of high-ranking officials, such as the President, the National Assembly, the Supreme Court, and the Prime Minister, or their families. In particular, prosecutors, judges, and police officers with more than a police officer can be directly prosecuted. As they have the right to prosecute, concerns have steadily raised that if the authority is abused, the side effects are significant. Some point out that it can be a “inspection agency” or a “security agency” that punishes public officials who violate the regime’s will, and maintaining political neutrality and independence is a top priority. As if conscious of this, Kim also emphasized in his inauguration address the day before that “the independence and political neutrality of the airborne are the basis for a fair investigation of corruption of high-ranking officials without sanctuary.”

At the personnel hearing on the 19th, he said, “I will only take the people’s side, not the ruling party, not the opposition party.” In addition, he replied that “the chief of the airborne’s first task” to the argument that the chief of the airlift should be a shield against external pressure.

In this context, there is a prospect that the first case of the Ministry of Public Service will be a test bench for Kim.

Depending on the subject of the No. 1 investigation, it is highly likely that the reactions of the opposition parties will sharply diverge. In particular, if opposition personnel are the targets, they may face criticism that the airlift has lost its political neutrality or that it is a government guard.

Director Kim is in a position to open all possibilities and approach them carefully.

In the process of the personnel hearing, he said, “It should be reviewed after the investigation system is in place.” On the first way to work this day, he said, “It takes at least two months for the conductor, the prosecutor of the investigation office, and the investigator’s line.” I can’t predict it now.”

Meanwhile, attention is also paid to whether the investigation of high-ranking officials currently underway by the prosecution will be transferred to the airlift.

The suspicion of the economic feasibility evaluation of Wolseong nuclear power plant No. 1 currently underway at the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office, the Blue House Ha Myung Investigation, and the Ulsan Mayor’s election involvement under further investigation by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office are likely to be the targets of the investigation.

The Ministry of Public Service is in a position that it will first prepare the standards for case transfer, and then review detailed cases.

Director Kim said on the day, “The current standard for transfer is that if the investigation of the airlift is overlapped with the investigation of another investigative agency, the transfer request can be made in consideration of factors such as the degree of the case and fairness.” I said.

The last National Assembly said, “At the time of completion of the investigation, we will have to judge (existing cases) with information,” and “we cannot do all of the cases.”

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