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It has been a month since former Prosecutor General Oh-su Kim resigned, but there is still no news about who the next president will be.
There is talk of additional prosecution personnel without the president, but there are also concerns that the next president may become a scarecrow.
This is reporter Han So-hee.
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Attorney General Han Dong-hoon, who took office in the absence of the Prosecutor General, appointed a high-ranking prosecutor within one day of taking office and placed the so-called Yoon Seok-yeol division in key positions.
Contrary to the expectation that the successor president will be appointed immediately, discussions on the 20th day have been stagnant.
[Dong-Hoon Han / Minister of Justice (30th of last month): (Do you have any plans for the President Recommendation Committee?) It will proceed according to the normal procedure, and I have nothing to say about it so far.]
The selection of the president consists of nine candidates. The committee must go through the process of recommending three or more candidates,
but it is known that the Ministry of Justice has not finalized the composition of the nomination committee.
It is expected that it will take up to two months from the decision of the recommendation committee to the nomination of candidates, verification, and personnel hearings.
Following the appointment of the chief prosecutor who directs major investigations, it is known that the appointment of the deputy chief and chief prosecutor who will be in charge of the investigation is imminent.
In this case, it means that key positions are actually made without the president, and some point out that it does not fit the purpose of the Prosecutor's Office Act, which states that the minister listens to the president's opinion and makes a proposal to the president.
[Han Sang-hee/Professor, Konkuk University Law School: Greetings without hearing the opinion of the Prosecutor General is not desirable in any way.
Appoint the Prosecutor General as soon as possible to prepare a framework for the prosecution to become systematically independent.]
In order to alleviate concerns about the ruling over the prosecution by a minister who has powerful powers ranging from the prosecution’s command to public officials’ personnel inspection and security, the appointment of a successor must be expedited. There is a high voice saying that.
(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Park Chun-bae)