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Justice Minister Park Beom-gye (left) and Shin Hyun-soo, executive director of the Blue House, are speaking on the phone at the general meeting of the Judicial Legislative Committee held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 18th. Yonhap News News 1
Shin Hyun-soo, executive director of the Blue House, requested an inspection from Justice Minister Park Beom-gye because the prosecutor-level staff announced without receiving formal approval from President Moon Jae-in, several passport officials said. In the diary. 21. The Blue House has just revealed: “Some reports that the officials of the Ministry of Justice were announced without the assault of the president are not true.” This is because Shin did not deny Minister Park Bum-gye’s request for supervision.
The fact that the Blue House continues to conceal when and how President Moon re-approved prosecutors is raising questions.
“Park Beom-gye Supervision Request” for Participating Government and Camp Staff
According to JoongAng Ilbo’s coverage on the 21st, Shin said that he had asked President Moon to oversee Park in participatory government and members of the Moon Jae-in camp legal support group. Chief Shin said Park’s announcement from senior prosecution officials on the 7th without official approval from President Moon was seen as a serious offense that violated the president’s personal rights. Paragraph 1 of article 34 of the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office establishes: “The president shall make the appointment and appointment of prosecutors at the request of the Minister of Justice. In this case, the Minister of Justice stipulates that, after the opinion of the attorney general, the position of prosecutor is requested ”.
The legal community also interpreted that since President Moon had final authority over the prosecutor’s staff that day, it would have been impossible for Chief Shin to have requested that the prosecution simply “bypass” him. It is believed that Shin, a smart lawyer, would not have requested an inspection on a matter that was not illegal, that is, a matter that could not lead to an investigation.
An intelligent official said: “Did Chief Shin, who knows the law well, request a ministerial inspection just because he excluded him from personnel matters? Chief Shin raised a problem after learning that President Moon’s personal rights were violated.” .
Another official said: “If Shin requested an inspection for passing the high Min Jeong, he pointed to President Moon, who had tolerated the passage, as the object of inspection, which does not make sense.”
However, Minister Park did not respond to phone calls and text messages from JoongAng Ilbo as to whether he received oral approval from the president on the 7th or after his death on the 8th Sunday.
This is not the first time that ‘Moon Jae-in passes’ as a passport
President Moon Jae-in salutes the national flag at the seventh meeting of the Council of State held at the Blue House on the 16th. Shin Hyun-soo, president of the Blue House, expressed his gratitude (far right). Photographic reporters of the Blue House
This is not the first time since the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in administration, it has been said that matters relating to the prosecution staff have been done without the prior approval of President Moon. Suspicions arose last year as to whether former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae obtained President Moon’s approval in the process of filing disciplinary action against Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. However, a request for disciplinary action by the Attorney General falls within the exclusive competence of the Minister of Justice. Even if it is impossible to go against the will of the president, who is ultimately responsible, it is not illegal to have not received prior approval.
The case is different this time. Unlike disciplinary claims, the prosecutor’s office is the president’s own authority. Before the Ministry of Justice announced the staff of senior prosecutors on the 7th, President Moon must have signed the electronic approval of the staffing plan or the printed document. It could be a legal problem if there was no such pre-approval process.
A legal official noted: “If it is true that the prosecution staff was announced without the president’s prior approval, it is no different from the Gukjeong Nongdan under the Park Geun-hye administration. It is a matter that raises questions as to whether those elected on power will move the Blue House. ”
靑 ‘Returns’ Shin Hyeon-soo despite the general persuasion, “I’ve already lost power”
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A senior Blue House official said that Shin, who took a vacation since the 18th, will go to work on the 22nd when the vacation is over. Shin is expected to express his final position on the go at the daily status check meeting after work or at “tea time” for President Moon and his staff. Interest is also centered on whether Shin will attend the Blue House chiefs and assistants meeting at 2:00 pm on the same day, and President Moon’s remarks.
The dominant observation is that Shin has hardened his mind towards resignation. Chief Shin sent a three-line text message to those who were withholding the weekend’s resignation, saying: “I already lost my energy. I will not meet Minister Park in my entire life. The stable partnership between the Ministry of Justice and the prosecution. ” It hasn’t even started, “he said.
In the past, a participatory government official said: “I felt stubborn when I said, ‘Is there no one who knows all the ministers and presidents besides the chief?
The Blue House is in a prudent position to monitor the situation until the last minute. A passport official said, “Since the policy is to persuade Chief Shin until the last minute through various channels, there is no possibility that Chief Shin will resign.”
Reporters Jung Yoojin and Ha Namhyun [email protected]
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