[기자수첩]Reasons for maintaining the difficult exclusive prosecution system

[아시아경제 주상돈 기자] “In light of the concerns of the business community, we decided to keep the complaint exclusively from the Fair Trade Commission.

This is an explanation from the passport that the Fair Trade Commission proposal to abolish exclusive complaints was omitted throughout the Fair Trade Law amendment that exceeded the National Assembly threshold on the 9th. Not bad This is It is because the business community has opposed the abolition of the exclusive prosecution system, saying: ‘There is a lot of confusion in the law enforcement system, such as the simultaneous investigation by the FTC and the prosecution, and the investigation separated by the prosecution, and the burden on companies increases. ‘

However, when remembering that the Democratic Party together with the majority of the Democratic Party approved the 3 Law of Business Regulation and the 3 Laws to ratify the Basic Conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in this ordinary National Assembly, few believe in this explanation. Furthermore, the ruling party even added restrictions on the allocation of corporate venture capital (CVC), which was proposed to appease the business world. In case of ‘exit’ to recover the CVC investment, imprisonment of at least 3 or 2 years for violating the provisions that prohibit the sale of the shares invested in the venture company or the fund by CVC to the entire family or affiliates outside the holding company and the prohibition of CVC-related activities; o 2 Added penalty rule for fines of less than 100 million won. There are too many restrictions for large companies to actually establish CVCs.

The exclusive complaints system is a system in which only the Fair Trade Commission has the right to charge the violation of the Fair Trade Law. It was introduced with the intention of preventing the contraction of corporate activities by avoiding the abuse of accusations against companies. However, President Moon Jae-in vowed to abolish the exclusive complaints system, saying that the FTC’s monopoly on the right to prosecute the general public and consumers is insufficient. Kim Sang-jo, head of the Blue House Policy Office, is also one of the abolitionists of the exclusive indictments. The government, the ruling party and the Blue House have not been inclined to abolish exclusive billing rights despite strong opposition from the business world.

It is reasonable to see that the change from the passport to the maintenance of exclusive complaints in the process of processing the bill of the National Assembly is the result of a political trial rather than taking into account the burden on the company. The abolition of the exclusive indictments, which was promoted to empower the prosecution during the Park Geun-hye administration investigation, has been reduced to the level of “ reducing the power of Yoon Suk-yeol ” in the recent conflict between Attorney General Yoon Suk-yeol and Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae. As economic logic and political logic were mixed without distinction, the embers of the abolition of exclusive accusations remained alive. This is because impeachment can be overturned at any time.

Reporter Joo Sang-don [email protected]