“Minister Chu Mi-ae wants to become attorney general?”

On the 19th, the National Assembly criticized Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae for invoking the unprecedented investigation command: “Do you want to become attorney general?” It is unprecedented that the Minister of Justice has exercised the authority to direct investigations in multiple cases at the same time.

Hong Kyung-hee, a senior vice spokesman for the People’s Party, said in a comment on the day that the Justice Minister again announced that he would directly lead the investigation.

Speaker Hong asked: “Why did Attorney Generals Yun Seok-yeol order a thorough investigation of the Lime case without distinction between opposition parties, once again invoking the command authority of the investigation?”

He said, “He is the minister Chu Mi-ae who stands in front of the people and deceives the people even when he appears before the commissioner of the bureau.” He also noted that “exercising the investigative command power to reveal unconfirmed suspicions about the attorney general on the basis of the suspect’s unilateral statement is no different from the abuse of command power, as well as directly trying to tie the hands and feet of the attorney general “. . He said: “It is so appropriate that the suspicion and the offense must be clearly revealed. However, regardless of the state, expect a strict impeachment blade, so the direction of the tip of the knife is only towards the opposite side of the regime. He added: “The stricter the investigations, the more likely it is not. There is no precedent for the Minister of Justice who abused the investigative authority so frequently. I will speak to the minister in the future. The minister who rather helps to stay still, please remove your hand and step back before it gets ugly. “

Earlier on the same day, Minister Chu invoked investigative and command authority against him in connection with a total of five individual cases, including four cases involving Yoon’s family and their surroundings, and one case from the Lime Fund, which are being investigated by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office and the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office.

Just 109 days after the Shillazen incident on July 2 this year, Minister Chu exercised command of the investigation. The Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office stipulates that the Attorney General is only directed and supervised when the Minister of Justice is involved in a specific case.

Park Tae-geun, reporter for Dong-A.com [email protected]