“Common sense” yelled “Common sense” dating back to Christmas …

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol addresses the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st, gets out of the vehicle and greets the prosecutors. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol, who returned to office due to the court’s decision to suspend the ‘two-month suspension’ provision, went to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on the 25th even in the Christmas holidays. On the afternoon of the 16th, when the disciplinary action was confirmed at President Moon Jae-in’s home, Yoon did not go to work the next day, but arrived at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on the 9th at approximately 12:10 pm of the same day. day. On this day, Attorney General Nam-gwan Cho and Secretary General Bok Doo-gyu had lunch with lunch boxes and discussed measures against the new coronavirus infection.

Earlier, on the 16th, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Justice decided to suspend President Yoon for two months. However, on the 24th, the Seoul Administrative Court cited the request for suspension of the enforcement of effective disciplinary action filed against Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae by President Yun, saying, “The lawsuit will be suspended until the day 30 from the date of the decision. ” Considering that the ruling on the main bill cannot be reached until July next year, when Yoon’s term ends, President Yoon’s discipline was practically eliminated.

When the court’s decision was made, Yoon said, “I am deeply grateful for the judgment of the judiciary” and “I will do my best to uphold the spirit of the constitution, the rule of law, and common sense.” On day 1, when the administrative court accepted the suspension of functions, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office said: “As a Korean public official, I promise to do everything possible to protect the constitutional spirit and the rule of law.” At that time, it was the seventh day after Minister Chu’s order to suspend his work on the 25th of last month.

Results of the 2nd deliberation of the Disciplinary Commission of Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. Graphic = Kim Eun-kyo [email protected]

As for the words ‘common sense’ in addition to ‘constitutional spirit’ and ‘legalism’ while President Yoon went to work 9 days after the 17th, inside and outside the prosecution, “the disciplinary process was alien to common sense and to the court that recognized him. Didn’t you send a message to ”

Regarding the disciplinary process, the court found that the disciplinary decision itself was void because there was an obvious defect in the decision process to evade the disciplinary commission that General Yoon requested by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Disciplinary Commission of the Ministry of Justice. He said: “In addition to the fact that there is a flaw in the process of solving a denial request, it is difficult to conclude that there is no possibility of winning the claim by the applicant in the end.” It was pointed out that the quorum of votes to avoid is that the majority of those registered must attend 4 or more, but in some voting only 3 people participated to dismiss him.

An acting prosecutor said: “The most talked about at this stage is ‘Is this common sense?'” And said: “The reason why Minister Choo Mi-ae suffered three defeats in three games after the decision of the Supreme Court and the first administrative court “. An expert in criminal law who requested anonymity analyzed that “the court indicated that the disciplinary action was invalid because the quorum was not met. .

A portrait of Thomas Paine, who played a key role in the American revolution and independence. [미국 초상화 갤러리]

A prosecutor who was relegated to the province after assisting General Yoon in his assistant recalled the American thinker Thomas Paine (1737-1809) with the word “common sense.” In his book Common Sense, Paine criticized the monarchy and guided the Republic of Korea as the only way to the United States. He argued that “the British monarchy and the prerogatives of the nobility that protect the privileged class are contrary to the common sense that ‘all human beings are equal'”.

The executive said that “the value of the republic lies in the separation of powers that value individual freedom, but the value of common sense, which was taken for granted 200 years after Paine’s death, is falling.” Furthermore, he said, “The outcome of the trial against Professor Kyung-Shim Chung of Tong Yang University held on the 23rd is also a comment that came up for the purpose of maintaining common sense now.”

With Yoon’s return, the suspicion of the Wolsong nuclear power plant and the Lime / Optimus asset management fund fraud case are expected to bolster the investigation of political affairs with superiors. The subpoena investigation of key officials in the alleged case, including former Industry Minister Paik Woon-gyu and Chee Hee-bong, then Secretary for Industrial Policy of the Blue House (currently president of Korea Gas Corporation). As for Lime and Optimus, the investigation could be expanded due to suspected involvement of passport politicians.

Reporters Minsang Kim and Soomin Kim [email protected]