<Anchor>
It was interpreted that the election of Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon as a candidate for the Minister of Justice was that he put down his sword and gave him a pen.
He said he did not entrust the investigation and had the system to be maintained, but there is also an analysis that he had the Democratic Party's move in mind.
Reporter Hwa Gang-yun pointed out this.
<Reporter> For
candidate Han Dong-hoon, who is evaluated as a special investigative officer, elected Yoon Seok-yeol ordered system overhaul rather than investigation.
[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect: I decided that I was the right person to modernize the legal administration that can support economic development and to improve the judicial system in line with global standards.]
Jang Je-won, the elected chief of staff, said about this, "He put away the sword and gave me the pen." highly rated.
An official of the transition committee explained that even if the Democratic Party pushes for the complete deprivation of the prosecution's investigative powers, the justice minister can revise a system that allows the prosecution to effectively check the police in line with international standards.
When a candidate is appointed as the Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office or the Prosecutor General's office, the expected extreme backlash from the passport is also a point to consider.
[Kwon Seong-dong/People's Power Floor Leader: (Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon) If you go to the Prosecutor General or Suwon Prosecutor's Office to deal with corruption cases, you may be caught up in frames such as political repression and political retaliation.
.]
Nevertheless, as it is likely that the abolition of the Blue House chief of civil affairs, which shared one axis of the prosecution's personnel authority, is likely, there are still observations that the Minister of Justice will strengthen the prosecution's sword with strengthened personnel authority.
When asked about the direction of prosecutorial reform, one candidate made it clear that he would strengthen the assessment function.
[Han Dong-hoon / Candidate for Justice Minister: Prosecutors just need to catch bad guys regardless of camp in accordance with the law and common sense.]
The Minister of Justice can make a special prosecutor who has both prosecution and investigation powers ex officio under the current Permanent Special Prosecutor's Office Act. There is also an analysis that he will hold the key to neutralizing the 'check-and-run'.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Kim Nam-seong, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)