As the current and former justice ministers met at the National Assembly government question, it seems that the track record of the Moon Jae-in administration is returning to a boomerang.
In a question about the government held at the National Assembly on the 25th, Park Beom-gye, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who served as justice minister in the Moon Jae-in administration, asked Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, “When will you appoint the prosecutor general?” A minister replied, “The appointment process is in progress according to the law.” Rep. Park then asked, “It’s been vacant for more than two months, but the chief prosecutor, the high prosecutor, and the public prosecutor were all greeted by one minister.” “Is there any precedent?”
To this, Minister Han replied, “When a lawmaker was a minister, he completely passed and greeted the prosecutor general.” Laughter erupted from all corners of the main assembly hall of the National Assembly, and Rep. Park was unable to continue asking questions for a while, saying, “Don’t talk about anything you don’t have a choice.”
Minister Han replied, “I am confident that I have reflected the opinions of the prosecution more than ever before.” He continued, “There was no public prosecutor general when Yoon Seok-yeol was appointed as Chief Prosecutor of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office under the previous administration.”
Rep. Park refuted that he had two hours of personnel consultations during his time as Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, but did not pass by saying that he spoke for one hour and fifty minutes. ‘ he asked again. To this, Minister Han replied, “Unlike that time, I greeted faithfully.”
Rep. Park said, “At least, the chief prosecutor-level officers who directly assist the next prosecutor general should be left behind.”
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