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The day before the Prosecutor’s Discipline Committee against Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol, a “fairness dispute” against the discipline committee erupted like a reef. Yoon’s side plans to argue intensely that “the procedural flaw is extremely serious” in the disciplinary committee.
“Is there someone you want to take over?”
The members of the “two prosecutors appointed by the Minister of Justice” have usually been at the prosecutor’s level. However, the fact that the internal antipathy of the prosecution towards the holding of the disciplinary commission itself is high, which constitutes an obstacle to the selection of disciplinary members. The selection process is said to be a finalization procedure.
Consequently, Prosecutors General Shim Jae-cheol, Anti-Corruption Chief Shin Seong-sik, Criminal Chief Lee Jong-geun of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Head of the Public Court and Go Gyeong-soon Transportation Division, Lee Jung -hyun, head of the Public Investigation Department, and Seoul East District Prosecutor’s Office Kim Gwan-jeong, etc., are mentioned as candidates. All of them have been prosecutors since Minister Chu took office.
However, it is highly likely that Director Shim will be embroiled in disputes over justice. This is because even the senior prosecutors in the Ministry of Justice, who are under the direct reports of Minister Chu, have said, “Please increase the inclusion of the disciplinary committee.” The reason is that Director Shim is a key reference in relation to Yoon’s disciplinary charge, “Illegal Inspection of the Judiciary in Major Cases.”
The new Deputy Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu, an ex officio member of the disciplinary committee, was also involved in a dispute over fairness. This is due to the fact that he served as a defense of the former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Paik Woon-gyu in relation to the suspicion of manipulating the economy of the Wolseong nuclear power plant by placing a valuation such as ‘handshake’ in the constitutional petition of Disciplinary Law of Prosecutors by Yoon. Yoon’s side plans to appeal against Lee, an ex officio member of the disciplinary committee.
In this situation, there is a high opinion of who will hold the position of the disciplinary committee. Previously, review prosecutors from 59 prosecutors nationwide requested the withdrawal of the disciplinary demands and the orders to suspend the execution of functions issued by Minister Chu.
One prosecutor’s executive said: “If you decide through severe disciplinary action, it’s almost as if your subordinates are singling you out for participating in the illegal or unfair disciplinary committee.” In response, the executive of another prosecutor speculated that “there is a possibility that his nose will drop as a deputy prosecutor because nobody wants to take charge of him.”
Will it be a variable to avoid the application?
The Ministry of Justice also maintains a special security, as “fair disputes” over the composition of disciplinary committees are fierce. The Ministry of Justice is in the position that it cannot reveal not only the composition of the disciplinary committee, but also the composition.
President Yoon’s side also did not receive the list of disciplinary committee members requested by the Ministry of Justice to appeal. In case the list cannot be obtained by the day of the disciplinary committee meeting, President Yoon is reviewing a preliminary request for evasion or a plan to request an evasion of the site.
The ‘denial request’ card that Yoon will draw is also a disciplinary action variable. This is because the quorum of members who will decide on President Yoon’s discipline will decrease if the request for rejection from President Yoon’s side is accepted. In response, a prosecutor said: “If a small number of disciplinary members voted after an intense debate, such as the impeachment of the president, the legitimacy controversy would arise.”
However, there is the possibility that the Ministry of Justice will fill the position as a preliminary member. In addition to the 7 members of the Prosecutor’s Discipline Act, the disciplinary committee requires 3 preliminary members.
“There is a flaw in disciplinary procedure”
Yoon’s side plans to argue intensely that “the procedural flaw is extremely serious” in the disciplinary committee. The logic is that it is unfair for the minister to send a disciplinary request to the disciplinary target (Chief Yun) and unilaterally set the deadline in a situation where even the chairman of the disciplinary committee, who is the ‘presiding judge’ of the trial, does not has been decided.
General Yoon said, “More than half of disciplinary records are excerpts from media articles, not interpersonal investigations, so it is difficult to prepare for the defense.” Along with this, they requested witnesses from the head of the prosecution department, Han Dong-soo, the central district attorney general Lee Seong-yoon, the former central district attorney’s first criminal chief, Jeong Jin-woong, and the prosecutor’s official. whose name is not indicated. It is a request for additional witnesses after the prosecutor Ryu-hyuk, the prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice, Park Young-jin, head of the Ulsan District Prosecutor’s Office, and Sohn Jun-seong, the investigative information officer of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office .
Inspectorate CEO Park Eun-jeong on vacation
In the disciplinary committee, Kim Tae-hoon, the head of the prosecutor’s office in the prosecutor’s office, will act as the secretary and explain the reasons for the disciplinary action based on the inspection data.
On the other hand, director Park said he gave a love song this week. When Park, who has been in charge of the supervisory service, suddenly gave a love song, reactions within the Justice Ministry say it is “difficult” and “irresponsible.” On the 4th, Park said that he had replaced his cell phone after making a love song. In this regard, a prosecutor said: “It was revealed in all circumstances that the exclusion from the duties of the president was illegal or unfair.”
Reporters Kim Soo-min and Kim Min-sang [email protected]
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