Two candidates for Minister of Public Transport recommended … Judge Jin-wook Kim, Prosecutor Lee Geon-ri (second full report)

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Kim Jin-wook, Principal Investigator of the Constitutional Court and Lee Kun-ri, Vice Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, were recommended as the final candidates for the first senior criminal investigation deputy.

Kim Jin-wook (54, 21st Judicial Research and Training Institute) is a former judge, and Vice President Lee Kun-ri (57th, 16th) is a former prosecutor.

The commission for nominating candidates for the Minister of Public Transport announced that it had so decided in the sixth session held in the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 28th. 166 days have passed since the Air Transport Law came into force on the 15th. of July.

While the members of the opposition party’s recommendation committee, Lee Heon Lee and Professor Han Seok-hoon from Sungkyunkwan University, were dispatched, the resolution proceeded. In accordance with the revised Air Transport Law, a quorum was established with the approval of the remaining five nominee members.

In the first round of voting for the eight candidates to cast two votes per nominating committee, Principal Investigator Kim Jin-wook received five votes first and was selected as a candidate, and Vice President Lee Kun-ri and lawyer Jeon Hyun-jung they obtained four votes and one vote, respectively.

In the second round of voting for the remaining seven people, the five votes were collected by Vice President Lee, and the former attorney, who was once considered a strong candidate, was ultimately eliminated.

One recommender said: “In the case of former lawyers, the opposition party’s argument that there is a potential conflict of interest because she is the wife of Supreme Justice Kim Jae-hyung appears to have influenced the vote.”

Another participant said: “There is a possibility that the Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, who opposed the selection of former prosecutors, would vote for a former lawyer that he recommended, and then changed his mind during the second ballot and voted in favor. of Lee “.

Principal Investigator Kim, a former judge, worked as a lawyer at the Kim & Chang law firm from 1998 to 2010. In 1999, he served as a special investigator on the special investigation team in the Mint Corporation strike induction case.

Vice President Lee, who served as the prosecutor’s office, retired in 2013 after serving as the chief prosecutor’s office. He served as chairman of the May 18 Democratization Movement special investigative committee.

Both were recommended by the president of the Korean Bar Association, Lee Chan-hee, an ex officio member.

When President Moon Jae-in nominates one of them, he is appointed through the staff hearing of the National Assembly.

The airborne department is expected to go live in the middle of next month after follow-up work, such as the formation of the personnel committee and the appointment of a prosecutor for the investigation department.

Immediately after the meeting, President Lee Chan-hee said: “Political neutrality and independence, investigative capacity, leadership and responsibility were taken into consideration,” he said. “It was recommended to both prosecutors and non-prosecutors in consideration of how well they can lead the airlift.

Minister Choo Mi-ae, an ex officio member of the nominating committee, said: “It was late for various reasons, but I am pleased to be able to recommend two great candidates late.”

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