Because there was no 'approval by the Minister of Investigation'... 'Coolness' inside the prosecution

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As part of the reform of the prosecution, Minister Park Beom-gye's reform of the prosecution system was unveiled yesterday (18th). Although the Ministry of Justice said that it had revised it to reflect the internal concerns of the prosecution, the reaction of front-line prosecutors was cold.

Reporter Hong Young-jae reported.

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basic goal of the reform of the prosecutor's office is to ensure that the direct investigation authority of the prosecution is exercised only in designated departments.

After the adjustment of the prosecutor's and police investigation authority, the prosecution can directly investigate only six major crimes such as public officials, corruption, economy, and elections. The Prosecutor's Office will have the last criminal department investigate the case with the approval of the Prosecutor General.

Considering the point that if the general criminal department fails to directly investigate, the criminal department can directly investigate if a complaint is filed only in economic cases such as fraud or embezzlement.

However, the content that required the minister's approval to initiate a small-scale branch-level investigation, which was controversial in the draft organization reform plan, was omitted.

[Park Beom-gye/Minister of Justice: I already made up my mind to accept that opinion early on myself because the (Prosecutor's Office) president can afford it enough for the ministerial approval part... .] From

the outside, it seems that Minister Park Beom-gye has accepted the demands of Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo, but the reaction of front-line prosecutors is cold.

Even if the Criminal Department directly investigates economic accusations, it is realistically difficult to lead to an investigation into corruption crimes, and there were many responses that overall, the prosecution's investigative capabilities would deteriorate with this reorganization.

The Ministry of Justice said it would listen to the opinions of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office and others by the 22nd, the period of notice of legislation.