Prosecutor's retirement age extension Criticism that volunteer group "1,500 lawyers disagree" May 8 17:32
A group against an amendment to the prosecution's law, which allows prosecutors to extend their retirement age for up to three years, held an online interview, showing that there are 1,500 lawyers nationwide in support of their activities. "We should not proceed with deliberation in the Diet urgently as the effects of the new coronavirus spread."
The revision of the Prosecutor's Office Law, which allows the prosecutor's retirement age to be gradually increased to 65 years and to be extended to a maximum of 3 years, includes a bill to raise the retirement age of national civil servants from the 8th, along with the House of Representatives Cabinet Committee. The deliberation started in.
Regarding this, an organization made up of volunteer lawyers who opposed the law revision held a press conference online on the 8th, and said, "The amendment entrusts the prosecutor's decision to extend the retirement age to the Cabinet and ministers, and the political neutrality of the prosecution. It threatens sex and independence. "
In addition, it was revealed that the lawyer who supported the activity reached 1,500 people nationwide including the chairman and vice-chairman of Nichibenren (Japan Federation of Bar Associations) in about two weeks from the end of April when the call was made. I chose
Yuichi Kaiwatari, one of the callers and former Secretary-General of the Nichibenren, said, "It's a shame that the debate on a bill that would destroy the separation of the three powers has begun while a large public gathering is not possible due to the new coronavirus. The deliberation in the Diet should not be accelerated. "