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The Ministry of Justice will hold an inspection committee on the 1st, the day before Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol’s disciplinary deliberation, to review the validity of General Yoon’s inspection.
According to the legal profession, an extraordinary meeting of the Commission of Prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice will be called at 10 am on this day in case of emergency. The meeting place is known to be the Gwacheon Government Complex where the Ministry of Justice is located.
The specific agenda for the meeting was not disclosed, but the question of the appropriateness of the six misconduct charges that were revealed as a result is expected to be addressed as the main topic of Yoon’s oversight investigation under the direction of the Minister of Justice. Justice, Chu Mi-ae.
There is also the possibility that the issue of defects in President Yoon’s inspection procedure would be formally raised.
In fact, it was reported that the Ministry of Justice revised the provisions of the supervision, which had been forced to take advice from the supervisory commission in regards to the supervision of important matters at the beginning of last month, to a rule voluntary that “ can receive ”, and it was reported that he did not notify prosecutors of the review in advance.
As a result of this, it is known that some of the inspectors requested a summons to the Ministry of Justice to open the control commission before the holding of the disciplinary commission against General Yoon.
The suspicion that the office of the Investigative Information Policy Officer, in fact, led the seizure and search, such as sending the investigation reference material to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, can be disputed.
Regarding the suspicion of Yoon’s “ judge inspection ”, a report was drafted to the effect that the allegations were not established in the course of the inspection, but the information was removed and used as the basis for a inquiry request. see.
The Ministry of Justice is in the position that the seizure and search of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office was carried out independently in accordance with the investigation procedure, and the content of the report in question was not removed.
The Commission of Prosecutors is an advisory body to the Minister of Justice with regard to the supervision and auditing of the bodies affiliated to the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor’s Office. Currently, the total number of members is 11, and more than two-thirds of the members are made up of external personnel, such as legal, academic, media and civic groups.
According to the rules of the Inspector General, the Inspectorate can discuss the investigation method and the results of important surveillance cases and matters related to the actions taken, present opinions to the Minister of Justice and recommend necessary measures.
However, since it is a recommendation, it is okay for Minister Chu not to follow the recommendations. However, there are observations that if the Prosecutors Commission issues a negative opinion on the content of the indictment, which is presented as the basis for President Yoon’s discipline, it may act as a considerable burden on the disciplinary committee.
Initially, the inspection committee was scheduled to open on the 27th of last month, but was temporarily postponed due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Then, on the 2nd of this month, the disciplinary committee was confirmed to deliberate on the discipline against General Yoon, and it was held in advance.
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