To restore trust in the legal affairs and prosecution administration, Minister of Justice Kamikawa will set up a project team within the ministry to consider strengthening training to raise the ethical standards of prosecutors and reviewing rules regarding document management and approval. Revealed.
Following the resignation of the former prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office due to the issue of betting mahjong, the Ministry of Justice's Legal and Prosecution Administration Renewal Council compiled a report last month to restore trust.
In response to this, Minister Uekawa set up a project team in the ministry on the 26th at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, strengthened training to raise the ethics of prosecutors and document management according to the report of the meeting. And made it clear that they would consider revising the rules regarding approval.
The project team verbally approved a change in the interpretation of the Public Prosecutor's Office Law over the extension of the retirement age of the former prosecutor and the content of the training to keep the prosecutor from touching a wide range of values and keeping from the common sense of society. , In such an important decision, we will consider the procedure such as creating and saving the necessary documents.
Minister Uekawa said, "Staff's independent discussions are the shortcut to promoting reforms and improvements, and we will use the report of the conference as an opportunity to promote efforts to become an organization trusted by the people." It was.