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The key to this recommendation is to distribute the centralized authority to the Attorney General. As a result, the Minister of Justice became more empowered not only from the personnel right, but also from the right to direct specific investigation.

If the power is concentrated on the Attorney General instead of the president, reporter Im Chan-jong will deliver the meaning and future prospects of the recommendation today.

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most prominent part of the recommendation of the Attorney General's Reform Committee is to abolish the Attorney General's right to conduct investigations into the investigation of specific cases.

Instead, the direction of the specific case is left to the head of the High Prosecutors' Office, which is responsible for each region of the country, and the Minister of Justice advises the high prosecutors to conduct investigations into the specific case.


This means that the power of the Attorney General's authority over the investigation is virtually eliminated, and that the Minister of Justice's right to investigate is strengthened.

It is a point that it can be pointed out that it is a way to focus on the power of the Minister of Justice with the justification of dispersing the power of the Attorney General.

Unlike the current system, in which the Minister of Justice has limited authority for investigative authority instead of having prosecutors' authority and has distributed the authority by prosecutors to have the authority to investigate specific cases, the recommendation would allow the Minister to exercise more broadly, not only personnel rights, but also rhetoric rights. Because it can.


It is also pointed out that it is difficult to guarantee political neutrality when the Minister of Justice intervenes in investigations due to political considerations.

[Kim Han-kyu, former Seoul Attorney General/Seoul Attorney General: Guaranteed the term of office of the Attorney General to prevent drafts of power. (Ministry of Justice) High prosecutors who are the subject of the minister's personnel and whose terms are not guaranteed also control the winds of power and maintain the independence of investigation. I doubt it will be possible.] The

Legal Prosecutors' Reform Committee even suggested that amendments to the Prosecutors' Office Act would be necessary for the recommendation to be realized. The discussion is expected to begin soon.

(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Lee So-young) 

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