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committee for recommending candidates for the prosecutor general to appoint the next prosecutor general is being held at the Gwacheon Office of the Ministry of Justice. Connect reporters to the site.
Reporter Won Jong-jin (This is the Gwacheon Ministry of Justice building.) How is the progress of the committee?
<Reporter> The
Prosecutor General's Candidate Recommendation Committee is holding a meeting at the Gwacheon Office of the Ministry of Justice from 10 am today (29th).
The Ministry of Justice handed over the list of 14 candidates for the Prosecutor General to the Recommendation Committee. Among them, the committee is working to determine the final candidates of 3-4 by placing 13 people excluding Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, who withdrew consent for personnel verification, to be judged.
The most prominent candidates are Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Lee Seong-yoon, Deputy Prosecutor Cho Nam-gwan, former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Oh-soo, and former Busan High Prosecutor General, Yangbu-nam.
In addition, senior prosecutors such as Bae Seong-beom, head of the Judicial Affairs Training Institute, Seoul High Prosecutor General Cho Sang-cheol, Gu Bon-seon Gwangju High Prosecutor General, Oh In-seon Suwon High Prosecutor General, etc.
The recommendation committee is made up of 5 ex officio members and 4 non-existent members, including Kim Hyung-du, deputy head of the Court Administration Department and Lee Jong-yup, chairman of the Korean Byeonhyup.
If opinions are not gathered among the lawmakers, a vote can be voted.
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interest in Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Lee Seong-yoon going into the final candidate?
<Reporter>
That's right. Today's recommendation committee's greatest interest is whether the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Lee Seong-yoon, who has a clear pro-government orientation, will be selected as the final candidate.
Some of the nominating committee members also expressed concern about this district prosecutor as they entered the conference room today.
[Lee Jong-yeop/President of the Korean Bar Association: I don't think anyone who doesn't believe in his organization is not entitled to become the head of the organization.]
Chief Prosecutor Seong-yoon Lee is accused of blocking the investigation of Kim Hak's illegal withdrawal case two years ago.
Justice Minister Park Beom-gye proposes one of the final candidates received from the nomination committee to the president, and the candidate who is nominated for president is appointed as the prosecutor general through a personnel hearing of the National Assembly.