On June 2, Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae issued an investigation command to Prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol to stop the process of convening a professional investigative advisory group in connection with the so-called investigation of suspicion of affiliation.

In the morning, Mr. Chu sent a letter to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office requesting the suspension of the proceedings, saying that "constant conclusions through deliberation of a controversial expert advisory panel in an ongoing investigation can interfere with the findings."

Minister Chu recently ordered the Seoul Central Public Prosecutor's Office to take part in the investigation and guarantee independent investigation to the Seoul Central Prosecutor's Detective Part 1 (Jeong Jin-woong).

"It is a case related to the crime of the incumbent prosecutor's office, which is focused on social concerns," Chu said. Report it to the President."

"Currently, the current prosecutor, known as the prosecutor's closest, is the subject of the investigation, so the decision must be made in a reasonable and transparent manner to ensure that there is no question of fairness regarding the prosecutor's investigation," said Cho. .

Specifically ▲ In the prosecution's decision and member selection process, objections are raised within the prosecutor's office ▲ In the event that the case is being deliberated at the chief prosecutor's meeting, the expert advisory group is convened ▲ The deliberation of the prosecution and investigation committee is concluded in the planned situation It was based on the fact that if there is a mismatch, considerable confusion is expected.

On the 4th of last month, the prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, the closest prosecutor, was appointed as the suspect, and passed the investigation command to the chief prosecutor's meeting.

However, on the 19th of the same month, after the chief prosecutor's meeting, a decision was made to convene a professional advisory group from which legal experts from the investigation team participated.

In his official letter, Minister Chu made it clear that he was in charge of investigative command over President Yoon, saying, "I will conduct it under the provisions of Article 8 of the Public Prosecutors' Office Act."

The Public Prosecutors' Office Act stipulated that the'Minister of Justice is the chief supervisor of the prosecution's affairs and generally conducts and supervises prosecutors, and only conducts and supervises the prosecution general for specific cases.'

The Ministry of Justice sent a three-page letter of investigation to the Greatsword and delivered the same letter of command directly to President Yoon through the Director of the Attorney's Office (Deputy Prosecutor's Office).

Official documents were also released to the media.

The Minister of Justice's explicit exercise of investigative authority is the second constitutional idea.

At the time of 2005, Cheon Jeong-bae exercised the command of investigative investigation to prosecute Professor Kang Jeong-gu of Dongguk University, who was accused of the reunification war on June 25th.

At the time, Kim Jong-bin, the Attorney General accepted the command and resigned.

On the 18th of last month, in connection with suspicion of forcing the testimony of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook's investigative team on the 18th of last month, Mr. Chu ordered that the Supreme Prosecutors' Office investigate the referee who refused to investigate the Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office.

However, there was controversy over whether or not it corresponds to the exercise of rhetorical command in light of the content and form of the order.

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