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Kim Jin-wook (left), Principal Investigator of the Constitutional Court (left) and Lee Kun-ri, Vice Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. Yunhap news
The first candidates for the head of the Office of Crime Investigation for Senior Officials were confirmed as Kim Jin-wook, principal investigator of the Constitutional Court and Lee Kun-ri, vice chairman of the Civil Rights Commission. If President Moon Jae-in appoints one of them, he will be appointed Minister of Public Transport after a hearing in the National Assembly.
In addition, 18 days after the Democratic Party passed the revised Air Transport Law, which removed the opposition party’s recommendation for the veto right, the reform of the prosecutor’s office was accelerated, temporarily halted due to the Lack of disciplinary action by Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. After completing the remaining procedures, the Party’s plan is to launch an airlift next month.
Lee Geon-ri, a former prosecutor, was ‘shocked’ …
On the 28th, the Recommendation Committee of the Minister of Public Transportation held the sixth meeting and made the final decision to nominate Investigator Kim and Vice President 2 Lee as candidates. Investigator Kim (54, 21st Judicial Research and Training Institute) was a judge and received the most 5 votes out of 8 candidates in the first round of the nominating committee. After working as a lawyer at Kim & Chang, he has served as a lead investigator at the Constitutional Court since 2010.
In the second round of voting for the remaining 7 candidates, except Researcher Kim, Vice President Lee (57, 16th Training Institute) received 5 votes and was selected as the final 2 members. Vice President Lee is a former prosecutor who served as the chief prosecutor of the Changwon district in Gyeongsangnam-do and head of the trial and services department of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. There were many observations that Jeon Hyun-jung, a former judge, would be the last two, but Vice President Lee overruled the expectations.
In a phone call with Hankook Ilbo, one of the members of the Public Transport Minister’s recommendation committee said: “Concern that the ex-spouse of a former lawyer is Supreme Judge Kim Jae-hyung could create a conflict of interest if becomes the Minister of Public Transport influenced the vote. ”
The passport is reported to have taken into account Vice President Lee’s propensity, including his experience as chairman of the Ministry of National Defense’s Special Investigative Committee on May 18 in 2017. It is from a prosecutor, but it is not a ‘special knife with a knife ‘as Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae, who initially preferred non-prosecutors, also voted for Vice President Lee in the second round of voting.
“Kim Jin-wook, integrity salute without real estate”
The recommendations committee said: “As a constitutional investigator, I have demonstrated a willingness to protect the rule of law and democracy in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution.” He revealed the reason for the recommendation, saying that political neutrality is sufficiently guaranteed since there were no facts of political activities like. Investigator Kim said that if he becomes the chief prosecutor, “instead of being involved in investigating individual cases in detail, the investigation will lead and supervise in the direction of maintaining political neutrality and professional independence and minimizing the violation of basic rights in accordance with due process. “
Regarding Vice President Lee, the recommendation committee said: “When he was a prosecutor, he was politically biased or succumbed to outside pressure, so I did not handle investigations unfairly, and after opening a lawyer, I served as Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Prevention of Corruption and had experience and rich experience in corruption crimes. “Vice President Lee said,” (If he becomes Minister of Public Service), we will abide by the principles of political neutrality and the law, and firmly rule out abuse of labor authority and outside pressure or interference. “
The two candidates for the Ministry of Airborne Affairs have been confirmed in approximately five months since the application of the Airborne Ministry Law in July. Lee Nak-yeon, head of the Democratic Party, said: “It was long delayed, but it was fortunate that the decision was made while the opposition party recommending members was also participating.” Minister Choo Mi-ae also said: “I am happy to be able to recommend these two excellent candidates at a later date.”
On the other hand, Ho-young Joo, head of the Popular Forces, raised the procedural question and said, “It can’t be admitted at all.” The two members of the airlift recommendation committee, who were responsible for the opposition party, said they did not fully enjoy the right to recommend candidates and said they would go ahead with administrative lawsuits and appeal the unconstitutional law.
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