Final Failure to Add Additional Recommendation for Head of Corruption Investigation Office... Kim Jin-wook and Jeon Hyun-jung Are Leading Candidates

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] The additional recommendation of candidates for the head of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (Gong-su-cheo) has ultimately failed. As a result, the final candidate for the Gong-su-cheo head is expected to be selected from the existing pool of candidates.

The recommendation committee stated in a text message sent to reporters on the day, "We decided to receive additional candidates from each committee member by 6 p.m. on the 23rd, but as of 6 p.m., no additional candidates have been received."

Previously, recommendation committee members from both ruling and opposition parties and the Korean Bar Association decided not to recommend additional candidates. Park Kyung-jun, a recommendation committee member from the Democratic Party, said, "We will not recommend additional candidates."

Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party, also expressed refusal to recommend, saying, "Many people think it is meaningless to submit candidates and documents from the opposition side when the Democratic Party and the Minister of Justice insist on certain candidates."

Choo Mi-ae, Minister of Justice, who attracted attention by proposing 'additional candidate recommendations' after the amendment of the Gong-su-cheo Act, also did not recommend any new candidates.

Thus, it is highly likely that Kim Jin-wook, senior researcher at the Constitutional Court, and Jeon Hyun-jung, a lawyer, who received the highest votes in the previous meeting, will be the final candidates. They were recommended by the Korean Bar Association and Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, respectively, and received five votes in the Gong-su-cheo head candidate recommendation committee meeting held last month.

Meanwhile, the vacant opposition party recommendation committee member position, left by the resignation of lawyer Lim Jeong-hyuk, a recommendation committee member from the People Power Party, is expected to be announced on the 24th. Floor leader Joo said, "We have almost completed preparations by contacting candidates. The announcement is scheduled for tomorrow (the 24th)."

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