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News summary on the way home from work, Subsletter Evening.
The Democratic Party has started the legislative process for the separate bill of prosecution and prosecution, called 'examination and completion'.
In the evening, a second lieutenant of the National Assembly Judiciary Committee was convened, and the debate on the bill started.
Before the National Assembly Judiciary Committee, President Moon Jae-in met with Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo, but the Democratic Party is going straight ahead at speed regardless of this.
'Now is the time for the National Assembly,' and the Democratic Party is rushing its steps according to the legislative timetable, and the power of the people and the prosecution are busy responding.
President Moon rejects Kim Oh-soo's resignation
"President Moon Jae-in rejected the resignation of President Kim Oh-soo and decided to have a meeting today (18th)," said Park Kyung-mi, a spokeswoman for the Blue House.
President Oh-su Kim expressed his resignation in protest against the so-called 'completely deprived of the prosecution's investigative authority' bill promoted by the Democratic Party, but President Moon rejected it and decided to have an interview.
The road to catastrophe was stopped, but depending on the results of the interview, it could be a temporary 'stop' or a breakthrough could come.
Regarding President Moon's decision, a Blue House official explained, "We are meeting to hear opinions as the head of the administration because the prosecutor-general, with a guaranteed term, submitted his resignation," and did not interpret further. Once again, it can be interpreted as a gesture of urging the Democratic Party and the prosecution to find a solution through dialogue.
It can be read as sending a message to the Democratic Party to reconsider the hard-line legislative push.
It is interesting to see what changes will come to the strong confrontation as President Moon takes the form of a kind of 'intervention' by emphasizing dialogue with the Democratic Party and the prosecution.
But the Blue House is still saying, "Now is the time for legislation. It's time for the National Assembly to discuss [legislation]," so it's also clear that it's not the time to mention the president's right to veto legislation.
Look at the remarks of a Blue House official.
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◆ Blue House officials: As the head of the administration submitted the resignation of the Prosecutor General with a guaranteed tenure, we are meeting to hear the opinions of the Prosecutor General.
◇ Reporter: (Review) Is there still no change in the president's position that it is time for the National Assembly on the bill?
◆ Blue House official: Yes.
There is nothing special to say at the moment.
◇ Reporter: Minister Park Bum-gye said he would not deliver his resignation to the Blue House on the way to work..
◆ Blue House official: (President Moon) received a verbal report of the resignation of the Prosecutor General from the Justice Minister, and expressed his disapproval.
Kim Oh-soo asks for the last card 'the right to veto the bill'
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After resigning, President Kim took a leave of absence and went into silence mode with his cell phone turned off, but the meeting was also canceled after notifying him of his intention not to attend the inquiry on the issues of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, which he was originally supposed to attend.
However, when President Moon scheduled the meeting, President Kim went to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office to prepare for the interview, and as President Kim, he had an opportunity to request the 'exercise of the president's right to veto bills', which he had prepared as the last card.
In accordance with Article 53 of the Constitution, when the President has an objection to a bill passed by the National Assembly, he can appeal to the National Assembly within 15 days to request it for reconsideration.
In the case of re-resolving, the requirements for bill handling become more stringent with the approval of a majority of the members present and two-thirds of the members present.
At the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, an emergency meeting of chief prosecutors across the country was held, and the chief prosecutors decided to watch the results of the meeting between President Moon and President Kim.
They hold meetings until the end of the interview, and after confirming the results, they take a stand.
Prosecutors are paying close attention to the results of the interview.
"I appeal to President Moon, who is a lawyer"
Front-line prosecutors are posting appeals to President Moon Jae-in, who has the right to veto bills, to mediate the situation.
Kwon Sang-dae, head of the policy planning department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, said in a post on the Prosecutor's internal network 'Ypros', "Now, except for the President and the Speaker of the National Assembly, we cannot prevent the absolute majority of 172 members of the National Assembly from monopolizing the legislation." Do not forget the heart of the first day when I started politics, and I earnestly appeal to you to prevent the passage of a law that is unconstitutional and only aggravates the inconvenience of the people."
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Deputy Prosecutor Park Jae-eok of the Suwon High Prosecutors' Office appealed, "Even if the bill is passed without a national consensus, it is the President's duty to request a reconsideration according to the Constitution." It is humbly responsible for history for the president, who was a lawyer before the president, to clearly state his position on this kind of destroying the criminal justice system of a modern democratic country."
"Initiation of the legislative process"... Democrats going straight
The Democrats are clear on the principle of swift action.
Rep. Park Jumin, secretary of the Democratic Party's Judiciary Committee and chair of the first subcommittee of the bill review, convened a second lieutenant on the evening of the 18th to discuss amendments to the Prosecutor's Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act.
President Moon Jae-in rejected the resignation of President Kim Oh-soo and the schedule for an interview was released, but the Democratic Party seems to go straight ahead regardless of this.
On the 15th, the Democratic Party proposed a bill to amend the Prosecutor's Office Act and the Criminal Act, which would delete the provisions on the prosecution's six major crimes investigation powers, etc. It is to accelerate the pace toward the timetable that will be completed by the promulgation of the May 3 meeting of the State Council.
At a press conference, floor leader Park Hong-geun said, "Inevitably, the National Assembly agreed to close this issue in April." It is a judgment that the opportunity will not come." He said, "I am resolute in my stance that even if the prosecution protests against the 'End of Inspection' bill, it will not be shaken.
Regarding the opposition from the prosecution, he strongly criticized "Prosecutor General Oh-soo Kim's resignation as a means to protect his vested interests, and is an irresponsible and meaningless resignation."
I will only post the first part of the remarks of the floor leader Park.
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It is a week that will be a major watershed in the second-stage reform of power institutions.
In order to achieve checks and balances among power agencies through separation of the prosecution's investigative powers and reform of the police, our Democratic Party will proceed with reform legislation without any setbacks.
Now, the People's Power, the transition committee, and the prosecution have formed an alliance to protect the vested interests and are mobilizing all means.
The resignation of Prosecutor General Oh-su Kim is considered irresponsible and meaningless.
In addition, the prosecution's allegation of violation of the Constitution is a clear statement of 'prosecution and prosecution'.
The behavior of prosecutors who selectively and arbitrarily interprets even the Constitution to protect their power and privileges is unacceptable.
Kim Hae-young mentioned 'The Villain' and 'Let's Protect Frame'
The Democrats are pushing the bill with the party argument, but there are also bitter voices of the minority.
Former lawmaker Kim Hae-young, who is also a lawyer, posted an opinion on social media that "there are many more important matters than the prosecution."
Former Rep. Kim is nicknamed 'Mr. Bitterness', but it starts with a bitter voice from the first sentence.
After starting, "I am posting this because I have no choice but to express my opinion, even though the 'check-and-run' promoted by the Democratic Party is a party argument. Pushing it with only the number of seats in the National Assembly without it will lead to great confusion in the criminal law system and a vacuum in the investigation.”
The Democratic Party made a different argument, saying that the 'villain theory' and 'let's protect the frame' were the main driving forces of politics, and I will introduce the contents.
I think that over the past few years, the Democratic Party of Korea has had two main driving forces in politics.
One is the villain theory, and the other is the protector frame.
The villain theory is a logic that defines the power of the people or the prosecution as villains and the villains must be destroyed.
I think this villain theory and the frame of keeping it are in the Democratic Party's hasty push for oversight.
In order for the Democratic Party to play the necessary role of the times, it will have to get out of this villainous theory and keep the frame as soon as possible.
Since the Democratic Party uses these two as its main driving forces, it is unable to present a grand discourse suitable for the times.
There are many more important things than the inspection and banishment.
a piece of the day
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This is a photo of a minke whale found dead in a net in the sea near Yeongdeok, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
The Coast Guard is looking for any signs of illegal capture, and the Uljin Coast Guard said, "This year, 13 minke whales were found dead in the waters of Uljin and Yeongdeok."
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