Prosecutor's Attorney's extension of retirement age document `` Appropriate '' submitted to the Diet Ministry of Justice February 20, 22:04

Over the retirement of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice told the Diet that the prolonged retirement would be appropriate, saying, "It is natural that prosecutors also understand that the provisions of the National Public Service Law apply." Submitted.

The Ministry of Justice has submitted a document to the Board of Directors of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Tuesday about the retirement of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office, prosecutor Kurokawa, being extended under the provisions of the National Public Service Law.

According to the document, "If retirement of a public prosecutor is considered broadly, it is included in the" retirement of retirement "in the National Public Service Act. It is natural to understand that prosecutors also apply the provisions of the National Public Service Law." And

"The prosecutor's retirement system was a special provision of the National Public Service Law," he wrote.

Meanwhile, the National Personnel Authority has submitted a document to the Board accepting the Ministry of Justice's opinion, stating, "There is no room to interpret the Prosecutor's Office Law."

However, opposition parties have criticized the lack of a date in the two documents as a problem, and it is expected that debate over Kurokawa's retirement will continue.