“Prosecutor, resign” more than 300,000 requests from people

The Blue House petition for the resignation of prosecutors who criticized the investigation and the command authority, staff rights and supervisory rights of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, obtained more than 300,000 consents within the three days after its publication.

According to Cheong Wa Dae’s national petition on the 2nd, 300,000 people accepted the petition titled “Get the resignation of the prosecutor!” At 10:36 am on the day.

The petition was published on the 30th of last month and exceeded the 200,000 response requirement in two days. In the Blue House, if more than 200,000 people agree to the petition for a month, the relevant ministries and deputy ministers or the head and secretary of the Blue House are responding.

The petitioner argued that “the political president is covering and ruining the prosecution with politics.” “The political prosecutor who is not enough to reflect and self-sufficiency is now starting to do politics directly.” Then, “visiting Daejeon during the impeachment to politicize and follow him. Political prosecutors using the media are rather interfering with the prosecution reform,” he said. The prosecution reform begins with the resignation of departing prosecutors. ”.

“Prosecutor coming out of the closet” is an expression used by Minister Chu to criticize Prosecutor Lee Hwan-woo (43, 39th Judicial Research and Training Institute), Jeju District Prosecutor’s Office, who criticized the exercise of his authority to direct the investigation.

Earlier, in an article published on the internal network of the prosecution, ‘Epros’, this prosecutor pointed to Minister Chu, saying: “I feel that the rights of the staff, the rights of command and the rights of supervision are being abused without hide the purpose and interior.

Consequently, Minister Chu posted this test on his social networking service (SNS) and said, “Good. If you go out like this, reform is the only answer. “

Then Jae-man Choi (47/36), Chuncheon District Prosecutor’s Office, said in Epros: “I am the same as Prosecutor Lee Hwan-woo: ‘It is clear that the situation in which politicians cover the prosecution with intent as at present it has left a bad precedent in our judicial history. ‘ I think that, so I’ll go out too. “

In response, more than 230 prosecutors commented in support of Choi’s post, saying, “I’m going out too.”

As criticism from within the prosecution continued, Minister Chu re-posted a post on social media on the 31st of last month, saying, “The uncomfortable truth must continue” and “until we confront it without turning our back on it. I didn’t know it was that much, ”he said.