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Blue House made a statement about the initiation of the investigation command by Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae in relation to the Lime lobby suspicion. In the current situation, the investigation command was inevitable, and gave power to Minister Chu, but the opposition party protested that a special prosecution was inevitable.
This is Jung Yoon-sik.
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Today (20th), the day after Attorney General Choo Miae invoked the investigation command authority on the Lime Asset Management lobby suspicion and the suspicion of President Yoon Suk-yeol's family and close associates, the Blue House said, "In the current situation, the investigation command is considered to be inevitable." Announced the position.
"Because we need a swift and rigorous investigation regardless of sanctuary," he publicly empowered Minister Chu's invocation of command.
The Blue House just said, "We have not instructed Minister Chu to exercise the authority of the investigation or whether or not to exercise command authority," and drew a line that it has nothing to do with the decision to exercise command.
He emphasized, "The autonomy and independence of the investigative agency needs to be respected for specific cases."
The Democratic Party welcomed Minister Chu's initiation of investigation and command as'exercising legitimate legal rights for a fair and independent investigation', while the power of the people criticized that the special prosecution was inevitable, saying that'Minister Chu is also serving as the prosecutor general'.