Joeunsan "Prosecutor Reform, In Short, Moon Wants to Save"

"Moon Administration's Prosecutor Reform Is Just a Massive Fraud by the Ruling Party"
Ruling Party: "Must Pass the Corruption Investigation Office Act and Others at the Plenary Session on the 9th"

President Moon Jae-in is presiding over the senior secretaries and aides meeting at the Blue House on the 7th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Jin-in (塵人) Jo Eunsan, who became known for his 'Seven Proposals at the Beginning of the Year' petition, criticized the Blue House and the ruling party's 'prosecutorial reform' including the establishment of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Office (HCIO) on the 8th, saying, "In short, President Moon wants to save himself."

On the same day, Jo Eunsan wrote on his blog in a post titled "I Support Prosecutorial Reform," stating, "I support prosecutorial reform. However, I oppose 'Moon Jae-in administration's prosecutorial reform.'"

He questioned, "I support the adjustment of investigative authority between the prosecution and police and the separation of investigation and prosecution. The power of the Korean prosecution is so overwhelming that it is unprecedented worldwide. How else could the exclusive right of the prosecution to request warrants be even stipulated in the constitution?"

Jo Eunsan said, "Just as you need both upper and lower teeth to mash gukbap (rice soup), chew ox knee meat, and even bite well-fermented kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi), if only one side is overgrown, only your gums get hurt. In that sense, I support prosecutorial reform."

However, Jo Eunsan emphasized, "I oppose 'Moon administration's prosecutorial reform.' I oppose the 'corrupted prosecutorial reform' that has lost its purity under the Minister of Justice," and "I oppose the 'tainted prosecutorial reform' through the privatization of power by establishing the HCIO."

He added, "I oppose it from the perspective of common sense, neither progressive nor conservative, as a member of the public looking at the world," and "The people demanded reform of the prosecution, not the incapacitation of the prosecution through the Minister of Justice."

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He stated, "The people demanded the decentralization of power, not the birth of a monster called the HCIO," and "The people demanded a judicial system that is equal before all, not a biased judicial system for those in power."

Jo Eunsan also criticized, "This is absolutely not reform. This is nothing but a takeover of judicial institutions disguised as reform, and a 'grand scam by the ruling party' to protect the president, his family, and their henchmen."

He continued, "Prosecutorial reform is sufficient with the adjustment of investigative authority between the prosecution and police and the separation of investigation and prosecution," and "With the ruling party's power, if they delete the prosecution's exclusive right to request warrants stipulated even in the constitution and add a proviso in the Criminal Procedure Act allowing the police to request warrants for prosecutorial criminal suspicions, the prosecution and police will harmonize and check each other. It's neat. Am I wrong?"

He then questioned, "Putting a person like Chu Mi-ae in the minister's position to take away the prosecution chief's command authority, pushing through the establishment of the HCIO with the president and the ruling party's majority power, and placing a shell that will sell its soul to the regime there. Is this just?"

Finally, Jo Eunsan said, "The certain thing is that President Moon, his family, and his close aides will never go to jail. Whether they are guilty or not," and "That is the power of the HCIO."

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party of Korea announced that it will definitely pass the HCIO Act and others by the plenary session on the 9th. In response, the People Power Party said that if the Democratic Party brings the HCIO Act amendment to the plenary session, they will counter with a filibuster (unlimited debate).

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