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plan to establish a personnel information management team to be in charge of personnel verification of public officials will go through the cabinet meeting today (31st) and will be launched as early as next week.
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon gave the meaning that personnel verification, which used to be a 'secret' area, will be changed to an 'open' job under surveillance, but the controversy continues as Supreme Court candidates can also be included in the Ministry of Justice verification.
Correspondent Ahn Hee-jae.
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One day before the proposal for the establishment of a personnel information management group is presented at the cabinet meeting, Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon dismissed concerns about the monopoly of authority.
[Han Dong-hoon/Minister of Justice: (personnel verification) I think it is a meaningful step in the transition from the area of secret and secret work to the normal work of 'Neul-gong' (professional civil servants) and the normal work that is monitored.]
Up to 4 prosecutors He said that he would appoint the director as a professional civil servant at the point that the authority of the prosecution could be bloated by letting them remain.
[Han Dong-hoon/Minister of Justice
: We will have a professional public official who has been dedicated to personnel and verification work as the person in charge, and we will bring in excellent people and systematically recruit them into the normal work to promote the work.]
Controversy is heating up as there are speculations that the Ministry of Justice may be involved in the Edo period.
Thirteen out of 14 Supreme Court Justices and all nine Constitutional Justices will be replaced during the Yoon Seok-Yeol administration's tenure.
The Ministry of Justice said that it would review the subject and scope of verification when the management team was launched, and did not give a clear answer on whether or not judicial personnel would be included in the subject of verification.