Park Eun-jung led the disciplinary action, and her husband protested acting as president … “The couple is 檢”

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae leaves Seoul government building after the State Council meeting on the 1st. Yunhap news

The Ministry of Justice has not released the list of the disciplinary committee members who will decide the appointment of Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol until the morning of the 1st. The day before, President Yoon requested that the members’ information be disclosed to the Ministry of Justice to be able to appeal against members who may have a conflict of interest. The disciplinary committee is the next day, and the assessment of the legal community of “the action that does not guarantee the minimum right of defense” comes out for not disclosing the list of members.

All members of the disciplinary committee are appointed by the Minister of Justice. The disciplinary committee is made up of seven members, including the Minister of Justice, the President. The Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, cannot participate in the deliberation and resolution of the case because he requested disciplinary action. Excluding Minister Chu, the six members are made up of the Vice Minister of Justice, two prosecutors appointed by the Minister of Justice, a lawyer, a law professor, and a knowledgeable and experienced person appointed by the Minister of Justice.

Six disciplinary members have already been established, including the Deputy Minister of Justice. The list of the three external members is unknown, but the two prosecutors appointed as members of the disciplinary committee are Jae-cheol Shim, attorney general of the Ministry of Justice and Seong-sik Shin, anti-corruption chief of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.

In the legal profession, it is evaluated that both prosecutors are subject to evasion due to conflicts of interest. Director Shim is known to be the person who directly denounced the “suspect in illegal inspections against judges in the main court case,” which is President Yoon’s main disciplinary position. Therefore, it is also an important reference for the allegations of interference in the exercise of the rights of abuse of office of President Yoon, who even requested an investigation. Since Director Shin is also General Yoon’s personal, he cannot escape the conflict of interest.

However, Director Shim, who was deeply involved in the exclusion and disciplinary action process against President Yoon, argued that there is no reason for the dismissal, and the possibility of enforcing participation in the disciplinary committee is raised within the prosecution. In fact, twelve prosecutors from the Ministry of Justice delivered a protest letter to Minister of Justice Chu Miae the day before, criticizing the actions taken against President Yun, noting that if the disciplinary committee is enforced, Director Shim should be excluded.

A prosecution official noted that “Director Shim is an informant and a prosecutor in charge of the practice of disciplinary complaints.”

If President Yoon’s side requests the denial against some members, including Director Shim, there is a possibility that two new prosecutors will be appointed to replace them. As alternatives, Lee Jong-geun, head of the criminal prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, and Kim Tae-hoon, head of the prosecutor’s office of the Ministry of Justice are mentioned. However, they may also appoint new prosecutors with pro-government leanings due to conflicts of interest.

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol’s timetable and prospects for litigation and discipline. Graphic = Reporter Jaemin Shin [email protected]

Park Eun-jeong, an inspector with the Ministry of Justice, who leads the disciplinary process of President Yun, said in questioning at the Seoul Administrative Court the day before: “There is no problem with the procedures of the Supervisory Commission and the disciplinary committee, “he said,” is proceeding smoothly. ” In response to the defense attorney about the claim of the Ministry of Justice that “there is no sub-profit if there is a disciplinary decision in the disciplinary committee,” Yoon refuted that “the situation of both the supervisory committee and the disciplinary committee could be different.”

Yoon said, “The attorney for the Ministry of Justice relies on dismissal and dismissal, but if a disciplinary level below that level is resolved, the real benefit of the stay of execution is high.” There is a possibility that the deliberation will be postponed or canceled ”.

Park Eun-jung, the prosecutor in charge of the Ministry of Justice, will address the court on the 30th to attend the hearing on the effective stay of execution of the suspension of functions of the attorney general Yoon Seok-yeol held in the Administrative Court from Seoul in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Reporter Woo Sang-jo

Chong-geun Lee, Chief of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office

According to several prosecution officials, Chief Swordsman Lee Jong-geun, Park’s husband in charge, strongly reprimanded Grand Swordsman’s Policy Planning Division chief Jeon Moo-gon for responding to requests for materials, including General Yoon’s instructions for the swordsman. It is said that Ko Gyeong-soon, the chief prosecutor and the head of public investigation, Lee Jung-hyun, also reprimanded the former manager. It is said that the possibility of inspection was also mentioned in the process. An official from the prosecutor’s middle said: “I know that Lee’s wife Park asked the former manager to get the information.”

Director Lee and others also complained to Attorney General Nam-gwan Cho, who approved the release of the data, with the intention that “ liability is not avoided. ” In this regard, there is a story within the prosecution, “Isn’t it the best?” A prosecutor noted that “Criminal’s chief Lee and the couple in charge of Park are drumming and playing on the battlefield.”

Reporters Kang Kwang-woo and Jung Yu-jin [email protected]