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investigative authority, Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo has announced that he will come up with an alternative to secure the neutrality and fairness of the prosecution without removing the investigation function of the prosecution.



It is said that at a meeting with President Moon Jae-in yesterday (18th), he suggested several alternatives, and reporter Kim Gwan-jin covered what it was about.



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President Oh-su Kim, who started work again after meeting with the president.



Even if he does not abolish the prosecution's investigative powers, there are ways to ensure neutrality and fairness, he suggested several.



[Kim Oh-soo / Prosecutor General: There seems to be a way for the National Assembly to enact a special law to secure the impartiality and independence of the prosecution investigation.]



If there is a problem with the investigation, the National Assembly also hinted at revitalizing the existing system of impeachment and prosecution of prosecutors. .



As a new measure, he mentioned a system in which the Prosecutor General attends the National Assembly regarding pending investigations and asks questions and answers in private.



The idea is that the level of prosecutorial control in the National Assembly should be increased, but there are many concerns that another problem will arise.



[Han Sang-hee/Professor, Konkuk University Law School: It is by no means desirable in that it opens the possibility that political pressure may act.

There is a possibility that it will result in such a result that the direction of the investigation is turned in an unlawful way...

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Referring to the process of discussing prosecutorial reform in 2019, President Kim also mentioned a plan to revive the investigative authority instead of abolishing the investigative authority.



[Kim Oh-soo / Prosecutor General: If prosecutorial reform is necessary, then the investigation command will be revived and the investigation authority will be removed…

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Amid controversy over the truth of the statement, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office said, "It was not included in the alternative reported to the president and was not reviewed."



Inside the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, there is even a story that there is no in-depth discussion on how to secure the fairness of the investigation because it is concentrating on the response to preserve the investigative power.



There is a growing demand from inside and outside the prosecution to come up with feasible countermeasures.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Kim Kyung-yeon)