Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon delivers his inaugural address at the Ministry of Justice in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, where the inauguration ceremony is held on the afternoon of the 17th. News 1
With the inauguration of Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon as the first Minister of Justice under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration on the 17th, interest in ‘Han Dong-hoon’s vote’ is growing. Inside the prosecution, they believe that they will reveal their own colors through a strategy to respond to a constitutional dispute and high-ranking officials in the prosecution for the amendment to the ‘examination and closure’, which has a set deadline.
Dong-Hoon Han, likely to lead the lawsuit for power dispute
Minister Han Dong-hoon said in his inaugural address on the same day, “I feel a sense of responsibility to administer the rule of law that gives strength to the people now that the people are struggling with real estate, prices, and Corona.” direction,” he said. Minister Han is the third minister appointed without the adoption of a hearing report under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration. Minister Han declared that he would relaunch the Joint Securities Crimes Investigation Team, which had been abolished by the Moon Jae-in administration.
Minister Han plans to enter into the constitutional litigation process over the amendment related to the oversight and completion in consultation with the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office had previously announced that it would file a power dispute adjudication with the Constitutional Court after the amendments to the Prosecutor’s Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act passed the National Assembly.
It is known that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice have already prepared several measures regarding the qualifications of the claimant and the composition of the jurisprudence. Within the prosecution, it is expected that Minister Han will personally appear as a claimant for a trial on competence dispute. As Minister Han said at a personnel hearing at the National Assembly, “The spirit of the Constitution is to presuppose an investigation by a prosecutor. I think that nullifying it by law is highly likely to be unconstitutional.” is being predicted
The Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office plan to file a request for a power dispute trial in June. The adjudication on authority dispute must be requested within ’60 days from the date on which it is known that there is a cause’. Based on the date the Prosecutor’s Office Amendment Bill passed the National Assembly (April 30), the filing deadline is June 28. Based on the date the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act was passed (May 3), the filing deadline is July 1st.
An official from the prosecution said, “The specific request method will be decided after consultation with the Ministry of Justice.” “The appointment of the Minister of Justice was delayed a bit, so we could not have a working-level consultation.
New Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon delivers his inaugural address at the inauguration ceremony held at the Ministry of Justice at the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 17th. news
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Prosecution personnel are also an urgent task. In addition to the appointment of the current vacant prosecutor general, as several senior prosecutors have already expressed their resignation, the command team needs to be reorganized. With the revision of the Prosecutor’s Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act coming into effect (September 10), there is a strong demand within the prosecution to organize the organization quickly.
There are many names up and down as candidates for the Prosecutor General, but no strong candidates have emerged yet. As is customary, the ranks of the Judicial Research and Training Institute are lower than that of Minister Han Dong-hoon.
Inside and outside the prosecution, President Yoon is selecting candidates who served as chief prosecutors along with Minister Han Dong-hoon during his time as prosecutor general. This is because President Yoon appointed people who had worked with him since his inauguration into important positions. Lee Du-bong, chief of Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office, who assisted President Yoon in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Park Chan-ho, Gwangju District Public Prosecutor’s Office, and Jeju District Public Prosecutor’s Office Chief Prosecutor Lee Won-seok are being mentioned. Among the chiefs of the high prosecutors, Yeo Hwan-seop, the chief of the Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office, is also listed in Hama-Pyeong.
An executive of the prosecution predicted, “This is the first prosecution after the change of government, so in a situation where the nature of the ‘change of water’ is strong, most of the commanders have resigned, so the number of personnel will be at an all-time level.”
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